On Tuesday 23 September 2003 01:41 pm, Pasi Pirhonen wrote: > I just happened to get one, so any interest if getting linux > running on this kind of platform? What i have tried to find > out, got me impression that linux isn't even near booting this > kind of hardware.
"Just happened?" You lucky devil, you! ;D > I have told that it's upgraded GS140 (from AlphaServer 8400). > It has 8CPU (6/525 if my memory serves me. 2/board) and 12GB > memory (4GB/board). This is a "Wildfire" machine, and Debian claims to support it in Woody: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/alpha/ch-hardware-req.en.html I myself would be using Woody to bootstrap LinuxFromScratch on there, but I'm just crazy like that. Also, from HP: http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/gs160/ These things are supposed to support "Linux Developers Kit", whatever that means. > I cannot grant public access, but if there is anything, i am > willing to compile and for example MOP-boot to get things > evolving towards working support. Hmm. To my knowledge, these things don't come with floppy drives. I don't know if they have floppy controllers or not. I suspect not, which would mean you're stuck having to boot from CD. I haven't had experience booting Debian CDs on Alpha, but I would first try booting it with the "bd2.4" disc if possible. Netbooting is a bit of a big step if you've never done it before. > I am no kernel coder, so i am pretty much useless when we talk > about the kernel code. Still willing to spend hours and hours > to get things working. > > > PS. Already (could not resist) tried to boot woody and failed > miserably :) What was the boot command you tried, and what was the error message, precisely? Did it ever get farther than SRM? Also, a "show dev" from SRM would be very helpful... -- Kelledin "If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does it still cost four figures to fix?"
