Re: Debian on a Alphaserver 1200

[Angelo Machils <angelus@sangreal.demon.nl>]

Hello there!

sh dev say for the cdrom: (connected to the NCR0, NCR 53C810 card)
dka500.5.0.1.1    DKA500       RRD46         1337

I'm using the netinst CD I got from: http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/
(I got that link from http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/) 

How do I get at the aboot prompt???? Like I said, I'm very new at the Alpha and I got
it last friday, and I haven't read all of the User's Guide yet :)

Greetings, Angelo

Helge Kreutzmann wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 10:19:41AM +0200, Angelo Machils wrote:
>  
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm totally new on Alpha, but I got this Alphaserver 1200 (one CPU 
> > version) and I'm trying to install Debian on it. But after the reboot 
> > when I give the command "boot dka500 -flags 0" it returns with the 
> > following error-message:
> > * dka500.5.0.1.1 has no media present or is disabled via the RUN/STOP 
> > switch (this message 4 times)
> > * failed to open dka500.5.0.1.1
> >    
>
> What does
>
> show dev
>
> tell you when you are in SRM? Also I recommend during testing to use
> -fl "i"
>
> and list the available options in aboot.conf via
> l
> on the aboot-prompt.
>
> Are you using the new debian-installer or are you using the
> boot-floppies from woody?
>
> Greetings
>
>        Helge
>
>