OK re-reading it he mentioned vmlinux.gz, sounds like it is compressed.... so as far as that part I'm not sure, as I said I haven't run an Alpha Linux before. Usually by convention, the uncompressed kernel is named just vmlinux, and the compressed kernel is vmlinuz (or vmlinuz-[version] )
---------- Matt M. LinuxKnight On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Matt McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Michael Robinson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 22:35 -0700, drew wymore wrote: >> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Michael Robinson < >> [email protected] >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > I can't find instructions on how to install CentOS 4.3 Alpha. >> > > >> > > I get to MILO and try boot hdc:kernels/vmlinux.gz and I get an >> > > error in the decompression stage for the kernel. I'm at a total >> > > loss, I burned the DVD image on another Linux system where I'm >> > > noticing that there's no MILO directory and the release notes >> > > are completely empty. Under the images directory there is >> > > boot.iso generic.img netboot.img and ramdisk.img if I'm >> > > remembering correctly. >> > > >> > > I am dumbfounded that there are absolutely no instructions. >> > > >> > > My Alpha is a PC164 pre USB pre DIMM system. It has 64 megs, >> > > 4 16 meg parity 72 pin simms. It has a 366 mhz processor, I >> > > think. It currently has a Redhat 6.2 installation, but I >> > > want to upgrade that if possible. >> > > >> > > Has anyone on here ever gotten CentOS to install on an Alpha? >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > PLUG mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > >> > >> > What specific error does it give you? I always thought it was called >> vmlinuz >> > not vmlinux >> >> I get length error - halting >> >> There are no instructions, so I have no idea why I can't get it to boot. >> There are no MILO images, so do I assume that they are expecting SRM >> console? My Alpha is ARC based. The release notes say, "if this >> doesn't work for you, send me hate mail ;-)" >> >> Are Alphas even made anymore? >> >> > I have no experience with Alpha, but that kind of error does sound like it > is trying to decompress and run the uncompressed kernel (vmlinux), you > should try to use vmlinuz (which is the compressed kernel). > > Alphas were discontinued in 2007. Originally produced by DEC, which was > then assimilated by Compaq, then the IP (as in intellectual property, not > internet protocol ;) ) for Alphas was sold to Intel, then production > continued by HP/Compaq a little longer. HP/Compaq will continue to support > them commercially until 2012 supposedly. Until looking it up I thought they > had stopped production earlier than that. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_processor > > Here is the Linux Alpha HOWTO. > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO.html > > 64bit mass production CPU, a bit ahead of its time, kind of a shame > really. However the knowledge from its development no doubt helped further > the development of the current crop of x86_64 type CPUs (even though Alpha > was RISC). > > I have in storage somewhere a bunch of old CDs and DVDs from a few Linux > events I helped run back when I was in CA, as part of another LUG. I have > some retail box copies of SuSE and RedHat for Alpha (v 5.x or 6.x maybe, as > in about 8 or more years old)... > > I may have missed it in an earlier post, what are your plans for this Alpha > system? General tinkering, server, ... ? > > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
