Installing debian on Highscreen Alpha 5000 / Alpha PC 164LX
Hi,
I tried to install Debian Linux on our Highscreen Alpha 5000
System. The mainboard is an AlphaPC 164LX. The Problem with this board
is, that it has a WIN NT Alpha Bios installed. This one doesn´t follow
the instructions mentioned in the MILO HOWTO. What I have done so far
was:
BIOS Revison Number 5.62-1a (Oct 6 1997)
Utilities -> OS Selection Setup
<Insert a new System>
then I get the following mask:
Boot Name:
Boot File: xxxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
OS Path. xxxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
OS Options: yyyyyyy
where xxxxxxx means that I can choose entries form a drop down list
and yyyyyy that I can enter text by myself.
The problem is, that I can choose the same Partition in the Boot File
and OS Path selection. So I set the OS Path to a Windows NT Partition
and Path.
After some more hazards the bios accepted my entries and I was able to
boot milo, and a linux kernel from the rescue disc, which I got from
> http://lhpca.univ-lyon1.fr/axp/debian.html
> 980705/lx164/resc1440.bin
> 980705/lx164/drv1440.bin
I was able to launch the system, but I cannot set up the network.
The problem with this is, that the bios offers a network configuration
menu, where a network card can be enabled disabled. (and although some
network IP adresses, ...) The card installed is an Accton
FastEthetCombo-TX. The PCI Configuration displays it as a Digital
21140 Ethernet Card.
The kernel reports the following while checking the card:
> eth0: DC21140 at 0x08000 (PCI bus 0, device 6), h/w address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> eth0: Cannot find correct PCI device [6] for SROM decoding
In the manual, there is a SROM port reported in the motherboard layout,
entitled as "SROM test port connector"
Any ideas, how to enable the network? Or any experience with this
computer, which we bought from VOBIS/Germany?
And one more: How can I stop the computer to initialize four times the
Adaptec SCSI card:
- The first time, from the adaptec card bios
- the second time from the Alpha BIOS
- the third time from milo
- and last but not least from linux itself
Thanks in advance
Dirk
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_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ Lehrstuhl fuer Messtechnik
_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ RWTH Aachen
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_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ Germany
Institute for Measurement Techniques phone: +49 241 80 78 65
University of Technology Aachen fax: 8888 200
email: dirk@post.LfM.RWTH-Aachen.De
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