Re: AlphaServer GS140 (8400)
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 01:41 pm, Pasi Pirhonen wrote:
> I just happened to get one, so any interest if getting linux
> running on this kind of platform? What i have tried to find
> out, got me impression that linux isn't even near booting this
> kind of hardware.
"Just happened?" You lucky devil, you! ;D
> I have told that it's upgraded GS140 (from AlphaServer 8400).
> It has 8CPU (6/525 if my memory serves me. 2/board) and 12GB
> memory (4GB/board).
This is a "Wildfire" machine, and Debian claims to support it in
Woody:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/alpha/ch-hardware-req.en.html
I myself would be using Woody to bootstrap LinuxFromScratch on
there, but I'm just crazy like that.
Also, from HP:
http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/gs160/
These things are supposed to support "Linux Developers Kit",
whatever that means.
> I cannot grant public access, but if there is anything, i am
> willing to compile and for example MOP-boot to get things
> evolving towards working support.
Hmm. To my knowledge, these things don't come with floppy
drives. I don't know if they have floppy controllers or not. I
suspect not, which would mean you're stuck having to boot from
CD. I haven't had experience booting Debian CDs on Alpha, but I
would first try booting it with the "bd2.4" disc if possible.
Netbooting is a bit of a big step if you've never done it
before.
> I am no kernel coder, so i am pretty much useless when we talk
> about the kernel code. Still willing to spend hours and hours
> to get things working.
>
>
> PS. Already (could not resist) tried to boot woody and failed
> miserably :)
What was the boot command you tried, and what was the error
message, precisely? Did it ever get farther than SRM?
Also, a "show dev" from SRM would be very helpful...
--
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does
it still cost four figures to fix?"
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