[CLUE-Tech] Debian install on alpha.

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 12-14 23:03, Dave Anselmi wrote:
> I'm happy to report that the debian (woody) install on alpha was very
> easy.  Once SRM is available, all I needed were the rescue and root
> floppies and the network.  Milo and other boot loader stuff wasn't
> needed, nor were the drivers floppies.  It went just like an x86
> install, except for using fdisk to do BSD disklables and leaving some
> space at the front of a drive for aboot.

Did you get any CD support working? Were you not able to boot
from CD, BTW, or did you just go straight to booting from floppy first?

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