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Hi guys, I have Digital AlphaPC164LX/Samsung MB164LX wiht 256MB and Im using IDE Hard Disk 6GB BigFoot, I successfully installed Winnt4.0 on it but when i Install linux RH72 or Even FreeBSD5.1 i wont install. in linux the problem is i cant make a slice on partitions and in FreeBSD it cant see the HD. Im using SRM v.5.8-1 in my WinNT40 i use AlphaBIOS 5.66 and 5.70, don i need a special procedure or did i missed something?. Your Help is very much appreciated.
i need more info.
what software did you use to partition the harddisk? based on my experience gnu/linux for Alpha won't boot on a disk partitioned with cfdisk, etc. for it will only boot if formatted as a "BSD disklabel" using FDISK. below is a simple procedure for formatting HDD using FDISK that i wrote for my staff. i hope you'll find it useful.
- shell> fdisk /dev/hdc
- type “m” on the prompt to display the fdisk help menu - type “b” to edit BSD disklabel - type “p” to display the HDD's current partition. - type “d” to delete the current partition (if there's any) - type “n” to create a new partition (root). - Assign the first/root partition as “a”. The root partition should start at cylinder 2 to make the hardisk bootable. The ending cylinder should be predetermined as to have the desired partition size since fdisk (alpha) doesnt accept human readable values (ie. 4000M).
- type “n” to create a new partition (swap).
- Assign the second/swap partition as “b”. The swap partition should start at the next cylinder after the root partition (root_end_cylinder + 1). The ending cylinder also should also be predetermined as to have the desired partition size.
- repeat the process (similar to root) to create other partitions.
- Type “t” to create a filesystem on the partitions. Then type the partition letter you wish to use (ie. a=root, b=swap). Then type “L” to display the list of filesystem types. Use 83 for EXT2 and 82 for Linux Swap (Note: we don't have EXT3 at this point). Repeat the process for the other partitions.
- Review the new partition scheme by pressing “p”. Then press “w” to write the new scheme into the HDD.
- Quit fdisk, then exit from the shell to return to the installation menu.
- shell> exit
* Please use Debian for Alpha because RH7.2 for Alpha is unstable (based on our machines) and errors such as CIA, etc. occurs. and Debian is the mostly used gnu/linux distro for Alpha according to the Linux Alpha website.
HTH
-- Ariz C. Jacinto, ECE Systems Operations SPI Technologies-PS
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