On Fri, 2026-03-20 at 15:12 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > I downloaded the debian-5010-alpha-CD-1.iso from here : > > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.10/alpha/iso-cd/ > > Things did not go so well :
Looks pretty normal to me. > (...) > >>>boot dka500 > (boot dka500.5.0.1001.0 -flags A) > block 0 of dka500.5.0.1001.0 is a valid boot block > reading 159 blocks from dka500.5.0.1001.0 > bootstrap code read in > base = 142000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 13e00 > initializing HWRPB at 2000 > initializing page table at 134000 > initializing machine state > setting affinity to the primary CPU > jumping to bootstrap code > aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.9b > aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.22 > aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 0 1001 0 5 500 0 0' > aboot: no disklabel found. > iso: Max size:331633 Log zone size:2048 > iso: First datazone:52 Root inode number 106496 > aboot: could not find default config `A' > Welcome to aboot 0.9b > Commands: > h, ? Display this message > q Halt the system and return to SRM > p 1-8 Look in partition <num> for configuration/kernel > l List preconfigured kernels > d <dir> List directory <dir> in current filesystem > b <file> <args> Boot kernel in <file> (- for raw boot) > i <file> Use <file> as initial ramdisk > with arguments <args> > 0-9 Boot preconfiguration 0-9 (list with 'l') > aboot> d > boot > css > debian > dedication.txt > dists > doc > etc > install > md5sum.txt > milo > pics > pool > README.html > README.txt > README.mirrors.html > README.mirrors.txt > .disk > aboot> q > > halted CPU 0 > > halt code = 5 > HALT instruction executed > PC = 200001a8 > >>>init > ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5. > ef.ee.ed.f4.ec.eb. > ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4. > Digital AlphaStation 600 5/266 Console V6.9-5 > built on Oct 10 1998 at 14:22:57 > >>> > > Well, not sure anyone has tried those install ISO files on hardware. Why do you think that? You didn't even try to boot the actual kernel. You need to type "0" to boot the first boot entry as explained above: > 0-9 Boot preconfiguration 0-9 (list with 'l') Also, we have newer images available here: FWIW, you have a non-BWX CPU [1], so the very latest ISO images from Debian Ports won't work at the moment. Adrian > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha#Model_history -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
