Re: AlphaStation 500 MILO problems + Voodoo questions
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 01:18:15AM +0100, M. Grabert wrote:
>
> I'm using the XLT MILO and finally can report success:
>
> the problem with MILO unable to spin up the disk was solved by
> setting a jumper on the hard drive (PARITY DISABLE).
Interesting; what kind of disk?
> So booting using MILO works mostly, except that it doesn't do it
> automatically.
>
> E.G. I can boot the installed Debian/Linux on the harddrive with:
>
> MILO> boot scda1:/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
If you set the LOADOPTIONS parameter of the boot selection to the
boot command you want, as above, it will...
> I can now run X from the XLT MILO, 3d works aswell (if I use 16bpp,
> Voodoos hardware limitation).
Excellent!
> However I have to boot from CDROM, start the XLT MILO, enter the boot
> command until I finally can use my machine.
>
> So now I try to create a FAT partition, put MILO on it so I can use
> my Linux on the harddisk (which was installed using SRM, but luckily
> MILO understands BSD disklabels).
You'll need more than a FAT partition, as AlphaBIOS doesn't understand
BSD partitions.
Easiest is to start the installation over, and repartition the disk
with a DOS-style partition table. Make the first partition small (5MB?)
and DOS FS, and put linload.exe and MILO in there.
Good luck.
--Jay++
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