Re: Debian Linux for Alpha v3.0 rel 4
By the way, since I can't boot it from the sda1, how
do I reboot this minimal system as root user?
--- junk email <junk186@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am trying to install a Debian Linux for Alpha v3.0
> rel 4 on my AlphaPC 164LX, 21164 600MHz processor,
> 256MB RAM, AlphaBIOS 5.70
>
> Here are the steps I did:
> rawrite milo_164lx.bin to floppy
> rawrite rescue.bin to floppy
> rawrite root.bin to floppy
> boot milo from alphabios
> boot linux.gz from milo with ramdisk
> configure keyboard
> partition SCSI hard disk into sda1 dos 16-bit fat
> <32m, sda5 / linux, sda6 swap linux swap
> initialize and mount partition sda6 as swap
> initialize and mount partition sda5 as /
> install kernel and driver modules from CD
> configure network
> install base system from CD
>
> At the completion of the install base system, I
> tried
> to make the system bootable to the dos partition and
> it does not work, then I tried to mount the sda1 as
> msdos and copy milo and linload.exe and does not
> work
> either.
>
> Need help to mount this sda1 as dos so I can copy
> the
> boot files onto it.
>
> Need help to install all other packages on Debian
> CDs.
>
> Any help or sugestion will be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>
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