Well, I got CentOS 4.3 to install on my PC164 Alpha system, but with only 64 megs of ram I don't think I can run X. I'm trying a reinstall right now after I dropped in a D-Link ISA network card in plug and play mode ( had to use a freedos PC to set the nic up that way ).
Some questions I have: Can SRM console and ARC console be installed to the motherboard at the same time? Can the arc command under SRM console be redirected to a FAT partition on a local hard drive instead of the disk drive? Does anyone know if X doesn't support the Matrox Millenium II graphics adapter well? Why when I run Xorg -configure do I totally lose control of the system? I might have to try Debian Lenny for Alpha again. Problem is, Debian doesn't seem to recognize the DVD writer. I wonder if using low density cable when the USB cage used high density cable is a problem? This system uses 72 pin simms that have to be ECC type I believe. I'm wondering if it's even possible to pick up 64 meg FPM 70 ns 72 pin simms anymore? With 8 of these, I'd have enough memory probably. On the other hand, I spotted a PC164LX that takes 4 ECC PC100 DIMMS with the 533 mhz processor. I'm wanting to get a 2.6 kernel based Linux system running on my Alpha with X, but I'm not too keen on doing hardware upgrades to get there. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
