Carl Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Okay after much trials and tribulations I was able to install Debian on > my AlphaPC 164SX. However now I don't know how to boot into it. I'm > using milo right now (as soon as the box is stable I'm going to install > srm). When I did the install it asked if I wanted to create a boot disk. > I said yes but then it said It couldn't create a boot disk for me.
Creating a boot floppy for AlphaBios is not supported currently. Also you would need at least two floppies, since MILO and kernel don't fit on one floppy. > It think asked if I wanted it install milo. I said yes but again it > said it couldn't do it. ( I assumed because milo was already > installed). Hmm, it would be nice if you could give the exact error message here. Also be sure to use the very newest boot floppies, from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-alpha/3.0.22-2002-04-09/ In any case, I'd really recommend to install SRM instead of fiddling with MILO, because as the partition formats are incompatible, you can't easily switch later. And it boots a lot faster. And it has the important "sound" command ;) * SRM-On-SX164 HOWTO v1.1 * First you need to check SRM supports your boot device. SX164 SRM supports booting from IDE, Adaptec and Symbios, so this is usually not a problem. Check ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/alphapc164sx.html Then get ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/v6.1/alphapc164sx/sx164_v5_8.exe Copy it to a FAT formatted floppy as "fwupdate.exe". Unplug all serial devices so SRM doesn't think they're serial consoles. Select "Update AlphaBIOS" from the AlphaBIOS menu. On reboot, you should get a blue screen. Hit enter a few times, and you should get a prompt ">>>". Then do: >>> set os_type unix >>> set console graphics Please tell me if this works, I did this about a year ago and perhaps I'm not remembering correctly. Falk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
