All, > A while ago Steve Murdoch tapped:
> I have an Alphaserver 1000. > > The SCSI drives have failed so I have installed a PCI IDE contoller and > IDE drive. > > The SRM doesnt recognise the IDE so after install I wont be able to boot > from the drive. > > Is thee a way to have the floppy as the root device ? I don't see any reason why not. The only restriction would be getting enough of a kernel and enough binaries to bring the system up into the space available. If you have another machine on the same network segment, I would recomend booting over MOP. Simon -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is the utility of the final product." Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh
