Date: Fri, 27 Jun 97 20:01:02 -0700 From: "Chris G. Demetriou" <cgd@pa.dec.com> To: "Justin M. Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What kind of Alphas will DEC be donating? Message-ID: <16596.867466862@rowdy.pa.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Jun 97 22:24:39 EDT." <199706280224.WAA11109@freebsd.scds.com>
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> What kind of Alphas will DEC be donating? I'm curious about this because I > currently have an AlphaStation 200. I'm in the process of installing Linux on it > and have found that each kind of Alpha requires a different boot disk. I know > that this ISN'T true for OpenBSD... Nor is it true of NetBSD, which is where the OpenBSD code was taken from. The "one kernel per system" approach is one of the largest shortcomings of the Alpha Linux port, in my opinion. cgd
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