Debian Etch on Samsung 164UX/BX Alpha
Hello!
I have Samsung 164UX/BX Alpha (ruffian) with old RedHat 6.2 on it.
On all other computers i I have Debian.
I want to install Debian on this alpha computer.
There is one big problem:
I found in the net that this alpha has only ARCBIOS (no SRM console :( ).
And somthing like that on official debian pages:
"GNU/Linux is the only operating system on Alpha that can be booted from
both console types, but Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 only supports booting on
SRM-based systems. If you have an Alpha for which no version of SRM is
available, if you will be dual-booting the system with Windows NT, or if
your boot device requires ARC console support for BIOS initialization,
you will not be able to use the Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 installer. You can
still run Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 on such systems by using other install
media; for instance, you can install Debian woody with MILO and upgrade.
RedHat boots via milo on small MS-DOS partition... "
Have you any ideas how to install Etch on APC 164UX/BX?
Is the woody with milo one way to do it?
(there is a problem to download woody iso images)
Greetings,
Roman Hirsch
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