Install query
Hi,
Compaq Alpha DS10, 1 x SCSI HDD (dsk0) with root on /dsk0a.
I am trying to overwrite my Tru64 install with a fresh copy of
debian. I am not multi-booting and would like to use all the
available space on dsk0 for the Debian install.
I have a couple of questions.
1) Should I destroy the existing tru64 disklabel for dsk0?
2) If yes how? Do I boot into Tru64 and use disklabel? or is there a
way from the SRM?
FYI my first attempt at booting from the CD failed, and the install
hanged at the point below but I suspect this might have something to
do with there not being a partition available.
TIA.
Dp.
>>>boot dqb0 -flags 0
(boot dqb0.0.1.13.0 -flags 0)
block 0 of dqb0.0.1.13.0 is a valid boot block
reading 172 blocks from dqb0.0.1.13.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 15800
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 3ff3c000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.9b
aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.86
aboot: booting from device 'IDE 0 13 1 0 0 0 0'
aboot: no disklabel found.
iso: Max size:325674 Log zone size:2048
iso: First datazone:52 Root inode number 106496
aboot: loading uncompressed boot/vmlinuz...
aboot: loading compressed boot/vmlinuz...
aboot: zero-filling 407760 bytes at 0xfffffc0000571900
aboot: loading initrd (2938876 bytes/2869 blocks) at
0xfffffc004fc14000
aboot: starting kernel boot/vmlinuz with arguments ramdisk_size=16384
root=/dev
/ram devfs=mount,dall
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