Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:36:10 -0600 From: "Joseph E. Royce" <joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> To: kwolcott@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to install on an Alpha cpu, no OS present, SRM console? Message-ID: <20010201223610.A376@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <3A7A31A6.4050109@autodaq.com>; from kwolcott@autodaq.com on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 08:03:50PM -0800 References: <3A7A31A6.4050109@autodaq.com>
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Take a look at: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.2-RELEASE/INSTALL.TXT ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.2-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT This should get you started. -Joe Royce On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 08:03:50PM -0800, Kenneth A. Wolcott wrote: > Hi; > > I've been doing lots of browsing and lots of downloading (FreeBSD 4.2 > Alpha iso image > and in pieces as well). There seems to be little mention of any > specifics of support for the > Alpha platform, other than it is supported. I deleted my AlphaNT and > AlphaLinux OS > installations on my Alpha machine and now I want to install FreeBSD. I > have no OS > present currently. I am running the SRM console firmware since I was > trying to go to a > Red Hat AlphaLinux installation (they no longer support the AlphaBIOS > firmware). Do I > just put the alpha version of the kern.flp in the floppy drive and turn > the beast on? It seems > like the installation chapter of the handbook seems to be very > Intel-centric. > > My wife has told me on no uncertain terms that the Alpha PC had better > be running some OS > VERY SOON NOW. I can't get AlphaNT to install. I can't get Red Hat > Alpha Linux to install. > Hopefully I can get FreeBSD Alpha to install. I really don't want to go > to the hobby version of > Alpha VMS (still better than AlphaNT!) or the hobby version of Digital > UNIX. If NetBSD or > OpenBSD are better choices for me on the Alpha platform, I'm all for it. > > Thanks in advance for any help, > Kenneth A. Wolcott > kwolcott@yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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