Bug#99120: driver floppies for alpha system
Package: boot-floppy
Version: 2.2r3
I'm trying to install the Debian system to our alpha system.
Boot floppies are downloaded from http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian2.2r3/main/disks-alpha/current/images-1.44/.
Booting from the rescue floppy, and subsequent operations are successful.
But the problem occur at Install Operating System Kernel and Modules.
The installer requires the Rescue disk, and that is OK.
Next, he requires the driver disk 1 as
The drivers are being installed from the first floppy drive.
Please insert driver disk 1.
Inserting driver-1 disk and press return couses the following message.
This is disk 1 of 2 in the drv14alpha_generic series of
25-Nov-2000 20:04 EST
Wrong disk. This is from series drv14alpha_generic.
You need disk 1 of series the driver series.
What driver disk image(s) should I download?
Kondara MNU/Linux 2000 is already running on our system, V-T technology(http://www.v-t.co.jp/) VT-Alpha 6 SW.
Here is the output of /proc/cpuinfo on Kondara.
cpu : Alpha
cpu model : Unknown
cpu variation : 7
cpu revision : 0
cpu serial number :
system type : Tsunami
system variation : DP264
system revision : 0
system serial number :
cycle frequency [Hz] : 833333333
timer frequency [Hz] : 1024.00
page size [bytes] : 8192
phys. address bits : 44
max. addr. space # : 255
BogoMIPS : 1656.75
kernel unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
user unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0)
platform string : UP2000+ 833 MHz
cpus detected : 2
CPUs probed 2 active 2 map 0x3 IPIs 280027
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