Re: newbie question - installing Linux/Alpha on AlphaPC 164lx
Pawel Kolodziejczyk <giz@ds14.agh.edu.pl> writes:
> hi !
> i used latest milo.dd (i forgot where i found but works fine :),
> resc1440.bin drv1440.bin root1440.bin founded on
> http://lhpca.univ-lyon1.fr/axp/debian.html
> and i can boot linux, but system is unable to probe network card (poor
> NE2000 compatible - ISA). Without network i can't install, because i
There seems to be problems with the isa drivers with NE2K cards. I
don't know what goes wrong, but I saw something on the list or in the
Readme's about it.
> want to use NFS installation (or FTP if it is possible). Should I pass
> some parameteres to kernel in lilo ? what kind of parameters ?
> (i start from MILO by boot fd0:linux root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1)
> in starting messages kernel returns info about probing port 0x300 for
> NE*000 card, and says that is unable to find IRQ for card. after
> installation i cant find antything in /proc about network card.
Do you have a nullmodem cable or a laplink cable for ppp or plip?
Otherwise you probably have to take out the diskdrive and stick it
into another maschine and copy everything needed onto a partition.
> what about differences between Linux-Alpha released by redhat ?
> i tried to find some docs about installation process, but they
> had mixed documentation from different platforms - so is hard
> to find good step-to-step install guide.
>
> i get from debian only trees /debian/dists/sid/main/binary-alpha
> and /debian/dists/sid/mail/disks-alpha. is it all necesary
> to install debian, or maybe i need something more ?
There are some newer install disks on
http://lhpca.univ-lyon1.fr/axp/debian.html
Try those, maybe they fix the NE2k problem, maybe not. :)
May the Source be with you.
Mrvn
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