Oliver Kiddle wrote: > We've got an old Alphastation 255 and wanted to install Debian on it. I > downloaded rc3 of the new installer and burnt it to CD. Trouble is that > it doesn't automatically boot from the CD. When I turn the machine on, > it goes straight into OpenVMS. I can see the boot command on the console > but it never stops with a prompt. Is there some key combination I need > to prevent it booting from the hard disc? If you press Ctrl-C (or perhaps Ctrl-Break) early enough and/or often enough, you should be dumped back into the SRM console (with the >>> prompt). Cameron.
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