Re: A couple of installations questions
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> Hi
>
> Alpha DS10 (TSUNAMI,Webbrick) , CPU 21264 466Mhz.
>
> I am planning on ditching my Tru64 in favour of Debian. The plan is
> to re-use the machine for DNS and some other services.
>
> My first question is will I need a graphics card? My alpha doesn't
> never had one and I was wondering if this is going to be an issue. I
> have always used the console or telnet to access it. There is also
> talk of buy a KVM switch and I am not sure how that would work out.
>
> My second question was about the boot loader. I can't see my system
> type listed in the Console Support types (~alpha/ch05s01.html). I
> have tried, and failed to get aboot. As I had planned to buy the
> installation media, do I need to take this step?
>
> Also can anyone confirm that Debian can run on a DS10 hardware?
>
> Sorry for mega-newbie questions.
> Dp.
>
> Dermot Paikkos.
>
debian runs fine on my headless DS10. The only problem I had was
with the initial reboot after the install, because serial console
had not been placed in the aboot.conf by the installer.
>
>
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