[CLUE-Tech] I give up

[Randy Arabie]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Mike Staver wrote:

> Alright, after trying for many hours to figure out how to boot this
> alpha in SRM mode, can someone tell me how to do this?  If I don't need
> the SRM console, how do I install linux?

What does it boot into when you turn it on?

When I initially got mine, it would boot into the NT version of the DEC
firmware.  I had to install SRM (i.e. the Unix version of the DEC firmware).

Once that was installed, it was simply a matter of issuing the proper 
commands at the SRM prompt to get the machine to boot the installation cd.

AFAIK, you do need to have SRM installed to run any *NIX on the Alpha.  I 
installed NetBSD on mine.  

During my installation/configuration on mine I grabbed a bunch of doco on 
SRM.  I dig for it if necessary.  There was some traffic on this list that 
should also have links to that doco, you should be able to locate it in the 
December archives.

HTH
-- 
Cheers!

Randy

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