Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 20:03:50 -0800 From: "Kenneth A. Wolcott" <kwolcott@autodaq.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: kwolcott@yahoo.com Subject: how to install on an Alpha cpu, no OS present, SRM console? Message-ID: <3A7A31A6.4050109@autodaq.com>
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Hi; I've been doing lots of browsing and lots of downloading (FreeBSD 4.2 Alpha iso image and in pieces as well). There seems to be little mention of any specifics of support for the Alpha platform, other than it is supported. I deleted my AlphaNT and AlphaLinux OS installations on my Alpha machine and now I want to install FreeBSD. I have no OS present currently. I am running the SRM console firmware since I was trying to go to a Red Hat AlphaLinux installation (they no longer support the AlphaBIOS firmware). Do I just put the alpha version of the kern.flp in the floppy drive and turn the beast on? It seems like the installation chapter of the handbook seems to be very Intel-centric. My wife has told me on no uncertain terms that the Alpha PC had better be running some OS VERY SOON NOW. I can't get AlphaNT to install. I can't get Red Hat Alpha Linux to install. Hopefully I can get FreeBSD Alpha to install. I really don't want to go to the hobby version of Alpha VMS (still better than AlphaNT!) or the hobby version of Digital UNIX. If NetBSD or OpenBSD are better choices for me on the Alpha platform, I'm all for it. Thanks in advance for any help, Kenneth A. Wolcott kwolcott@yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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