non-PIC objects in libglut.so built on alpha

tags 248091 -fixed thanks alpha porters, please could someone investigate why libglut.so does contain non-PIC objects? The build log [1] shows the object files beeing built with -fPIC, but pike7.4's build log [2] thinks otherwise. [1]

Installing on an LX164 - what's wrong here?

I'm trying to put debian on several old lx164 machines we have here at my lab. When I try to install from CD, I go to OS selection Setup, create a new entry, whose bootloader is CD: \milo\linload.exe and whose OS path is CD: \milo\lx164 . However, when I hit enter it tells me it cannot find

Alpha PWS 433a and Adaptec AHA-294X Boot Blues

I've come into possession of a DEC Personal Workstation 433a and am having a singular lack of success in persueding this box that it wants to run Debian. A bit of history first; the box originally came preloaded with the, now obsolete, 64-bit version of Windows NT and subsequently had an old