Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 8:58:39 +0100 From: nick.maniscalco@alfalaval.com To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, chris@bb.cc.wa.us Subject: Re: Basic Question. Message-ID: <TFSHFAPP@alfalaval.com>
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NT requires ARC or AlphaBIOS firmware if I am not mistaken. Most
UNIX-like systems for the alpha (NetBSD) require SRM. SRM is
available from ftp.digital.com (somewhere in there).
Read the licenses related to using SRM to make sure that it is legal
for you to use, etc.
SRM is specific to each alpha system, so make sure that if you go to
install SRM you install the right one.
As for getting help with this kind of think, you may want to search
axp-list@redhat.com (via dejanews, redhat's search is broken) or check
out the great NetBSD docs.
If this doesn't make sense or isn't helpful, email me back and we'll
get it figured out.
Nick Maniscalco
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Subject: Basic Question.
Author: MIME:chris@bb.cc.wa.us at INTERNETALFALAVAL
Date: 1998-07-15 23:08
I am installing NetBSD 1.3 on my alphaPc. It currently has NT on it. The
big problem is that it won't boot from the floppy. The boot loader
doesn't seem to allow it. I am sorry if this is too basic for this list,
but how do I tell it to boot from the netbsd boot floppy. It appears to
be looking for a FAT formatted partition and the floppy isn't
Christopher J. Coleman (whyareyou@lookingforme.com)
Computer Support Analyst I (509)-762-6341
FreeBSD Book Project: http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/
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