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If anyone is interested I can bring the latest firmware and LinuxJumpstart
on a cd to the installfest.
--Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nero Wolfe" <wolfe19@avenew.com>
To: <luni@luni.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: [LUNI] Digital AlphaServer 1000 4/200 quirkyness
> Well, I'm proud of myself. I figured out how to make the RH7 installer
> boot and launch on my alpha here... BUT I'm not managing to be able to get
> the installer to get anywhere beyond detecting the mouse, or writing the
> partition tables. The situations are as follows:
>
> Booting with mouse plugged in:
> The machine behaves normally after I type boot (cdrom device, I dont'
> remember it's scsi id) I then choose option 0 for the normal kernel
> install. And it continues till it trys to start anaconda. Then it trys
to
> detect the mouse type, and stays there. it just appears to lock up.
>
> Booting with no mouse:
> Goes till it tells me it can't detect a mouse. I tell it to use text
mode.
> This is fine untill disk druid, it appears to not write the partition
table
> information, because the machine will still boot to Ultrix after a reboot.
> The installer continues past the disk druid, I choose the time zone. Then
> it asks for the root password, I give it one, and then the page disapears
> and it remains on the base blue screen indefinitely.
>
> Well those are my stumbling blocks. I'm really enjoying playing with this
> alpha, it's not that much of a machine, but for free, it can't be beat.
> It's configured with a fiber channel ethernet card, a 10baseT card, 64
megs
> of ram, 2gig scsi hd, and a scsi cdrom. I'm fully prepared to bring it to
> the next installfest if we have anyone who knows how to work with alpha's
> :)
>
>
>
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