[CLUE-Tech] Alpha Redux

[Mike Staver]

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>Also: Did anyone install RH on theirs, and what did you boot from? I've not
>been able to boot and then install from either CD or floppy. If I try to
>boot from CD, I get errors and it basically can't load image. From floppy, I
>get either an error from anaconda, or else anaconda just hangs (the point at
>which this happens varies).
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Well, I did get Red Hat to boot from CD eventually.  I will warn you, it 
did take some time.  I too got errors when trying, but I tried it around 
5 times before it took.  Personally, I think these alpha cpus are 
overheating.  If I turn mine off for a while, and then turn it back on, 
I think it has a chance to cool, probably minimizing your risk for 
getting errors when loading the image.  Then again, I could be wrong - 
and the ram could be bad, or the cdrom, you name it.  Once I got Red Hat 
installed, it seems to run fine.  Shutting down and restarting the box 
every now and then causes some strange stuff to scroll down the screen, 
but other than that, my alpha seems to be running fine once I got past 
the installation.  Too bad Red Hat won't be putting together any of 
their new releases for alpha :(

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                                -Mike Staver
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