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That looks interesting and may well help. I'll have a good look at it and see if I can sort it. Shame to have a decent server like the DEC Alpha 3kr and not run a _proper_ OS on it! J At 19:07 07/07/2002 +0200, you wrote: >On Sat, 06 Jul 2002 07:03:17 +0100 >Inhabitantofzion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HI > > > > I recently was given by a business friend of mine one of the above a 3000R > > (well I had to give him a small fee for a few beers). > > > > It is fully functioning and has the 500mhz Alpha processor on it and > 2gb of > > on board ram etc etc... does not have any SCSI HDD's with it. > > > > He says it can only run Win NT4 because they kludged the BIOS on these > > machines. They have coded the BIOS to Win NT 4 only. > > > > Does anybody on here have an idea what they might have done to the BIOS > > (How I find out what they have done) and what would I have to do to get > > around what they have done? > > > > If somebody could get me started in the right direction that would help. I > > really wanted to get Linux installed on it... > > > > John > >I found this: http://www.linuxalpha.org/faq/alphabios-howto.html . HTH, > > -Frans > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 01/07/2002 Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking, The Y2K Problem and The Blue Screen of Death ("BSOD") are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA.
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