On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> After asking about language & keyboard, it asks for the type of CD-ROM,
> with two choices: "SCIS" and "Other". Regardless of which I choose, I
> get a blank list of choices, and choosing "OK" drops me back to the CD-ROM
> choice menu.
That really seems like a bug in Red Hat's installer. Are there updates for
the floppy disk images available on Red Hat's FTP site? I know there are for
Intel.
It has been a long time since I played with Alpha/Linux, but I remember a
lot of shenanigans with different boot images. There were frequently two
alternatives for each motherboard design, sometimes more, and the one that
would seem correct according to the docs often was not. If that is still the
case, you might want to try a few other images.
Another thing that may have changed since but that I had to deal with was
that kernel modules on the Alpha were rather unstable, and the recommended
wisdom was to compile the SCSI drivers in statically. If that is still the
case, you will want to watch the boot messages to make sure your SCSI
controller was identified properly and all the devices probed.
Try switching virtual consoles ([ALT]+[F2], etc.) to see if any error
messages are being emitted.
> Suggestions? Should I grab the Debian Alpha?
A different distro will have a different set of bugs in their installer, so
that might be a way to work around this one.
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