[Fwd: Alpha Install]

[Jef Barnhart]

Forwarded message: 
> This is how I was able to get Red Hat to install on the machine that I
> have.
> 
> This machine is an AlphaStation 255 with the AlphaBios 5.68
> I am using Red Hat 7.1 for Alpha
> 
> 1) Make 3 disks.
> A. unzip the the file /milo/images/xl.img from the cdrom.
> 
> B. dd the image to a floppy.
> (This will copy linload.exe and MILO to the disk.)
> # dd if=/path/to/xl.img of=/dev/fd0
> 
> C. dd the image generic.img from the cdrom directory /images
> # dd if=/path/to/generic.img of=/dev/fd0
> 
> D. dd the image ramdisk.img from the cdromdirectory /images
> # dd if=/path/to/ramdisk.img of=/dev/fd0
> 
> 2) Start the machine.
> A. press <F2> to get to the bios setup.
> B. using the down arrow, go down until the line Utilities is
> highlighted.
> C. use the left arrow to select OS Selection Setup...
> D. to add a line to boot from the floppy use the <INSTERT> key
>   (All the keys that you can use in this screen are at the    bottom of
> the screen.)
> E. add the following lines.
> Boot Name: Linux floppy
> Boot File: A: \linload.exe
> OS Path: CD: \
> F. press <ENTER>
>   (The bios will not like this.)
> G. press <ENTER> again.
>   (You should now have another stansa with linux floppy as the 
>   boot device.)
> H. press <F10> to save the changes.
> G. press <ENTER> to config that you really want to save the   changes.
> I. press <ESC>
> J. press <ESC> once more.
> K. highlight the OS that you wish to boot and place the floppy   with
> the xl.img and press <ENTER>
> L. after a little time you should have a MILO prompt.
> M. eject the xl.img floppy and insert the generic.img floppy.
> N. at the MILO boot the generic.img disk.
> MILO> boot fd0:
> O. it should come back with boot: and a flashing curser. enter   linux
> and press <ENTER>
> boot: linux
> P. eject the generic.img floppy and insert the ramdisk.img   floppy and
> press <ENTER>
> 
> At this point you should be installing Red Hat. This is as far as I have
> gotten. I had it installed but could not get it to reboot. As soon as 
> 
> 


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