To answer the one I know: > 3. exactly where does aboot look for the kernel?
You have to partition your harddrive to use BSD disklabels. Then, performing the "normal" partition, start the first partition at sector 10 to leave space for the boot image. After installation, write the boot image to your harddrive, hda, and then edit /etc/aboot.conf to tell aboot what kernel to boot and what partition to mount as / e.g. All this is explained in more detail in the SRM howto which you will find a link to at http://www.alphalinux.org. - IT
