Re: problem installing RH5

[Ken Hansen <khansen@njcc.com>]

Hello,
	I may be missing something here, but doesn't this excerpt from
the Red Hat Users Guide say that you can boot RH LInux from the CD-ROM?

>From the Users Guide:

D.3 Installation Overview

Installing Red Hat Linux on an Alpha system is slightly more complex
than installing Red Hat Linux/Intel, mostly due to differences in
machine architecture, and the variety of different models supported.
In general, the main steps to a successful install are: 

   1.Create MILO, kernel, and ramdisk diskettes from images
     available on the Red Hat Linux/Alpha CD. 

   2.Use the MILO diskette to boot the appropriate Linux kernel. 

   3.Load and run the Red Hat Linux/Alpha installation program. 

   4.After the installation completes, install MILO on a small
     disk partition on your machine. 

Please Note:While the majority of Alpha systems are supported by
MILO, those that are not will need to boot the boot floppy
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^               
(or CD-ROM) directly from the SRM (System Reference Manual) console.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Information on doing this is available from the Red Hat Software
web site at http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/alpha/faq. You should
also consult your system documentation for the proper boot command
syntax, but in general, the proper command would look like this: 

boot dva0 -file vmlinux.gz -flags "load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1"

Thanks,

Ken
khansen@njcc.com

Kristoffer.Rose@ens-lyon.fr wrote:
> 
> Dear Murray,
> 
> >> Is there any way to boot straight from the CDROM without making boot
> >> and root disks?  It seems like there should be a way.
> 
> There is, if the CD is organised right ... which is not the case for
> redhat's.  You need the milo image to be named "milo" in some directory.
> The Debian CD I'm playing with just needed a boot selection in AlphaBIOS
> with (for my MIATA):
> 
>   OS loader     CD:     \linload.exe
>   OS directory  CD:     \miata\
>   OS parameters:        boot hda:\miata\vmlinux.gz root=root.bin load_ramdisk=1
> 
> (since my CD-ROM is on ATAPI, i.e., hda).
> 
> Cheers,
>         Kristoffer
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