Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 14:34:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com> To: jpedras@mail.telepac.pt Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing on alpha Message-ID: <199905212134.OAA23289@elbe.ghs.com>
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Andrew Gallatin writes: > ::: > ...quite some time. There are lots of people running NetBSD on TC > alphas. If you're willing to spend the time to get a diskless setup > working & you're most comfortable with FreeBSD, then use FreeBSD. If > you want a system which "just works", use NetBSD. They have better > hardware support for turbo channel alphas. > ::: > > Joao Pedras writes: > > tkx for the quick reply Andrew > > > > what about openbsd ? can you tell me something about the error with device scc0? > > > > it occurs when booting from the installation cd-rom of openbsd... > > > > I can't detail the error at this moment but I can say something about it > > tomorrow... > > > > thanks > > > > Joao > > > > Never used OpenBSD. If you're not prepared to run diskless, I'd > suggest NetBSD for now.. Since you don't have a floppy, you need to install via netboot or CD. As your machine has "old SRM", which usually does not netboot well, the CD is probably the way to go. Linux (sorry for saying it out loud :-) doesn't run on that either, so your choices are narrowed down to NetBSD and exactly (1) write the NetBSD 1.4 `cdhdtape' image to a CD, boot that, and ftp or nfs down the installation sets, - OR - (2) buy the bootable NetBSD/alpha 1.4 CD from Bob Nestor's non-profit CD-burning operation. I think they cost $5. (The NetBSD web pages have pointers to all this stuff.) BTW, you said it had a tape drive, I presume it's a DAT? Ross.Harvey@Computer.Org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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