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Dear All,

>=20
> > What is the best jdk version to start with?
>=20
> Probably 1.3 if you have a way of bootstrapping it.  1.4 is=20
> going to quite
> difficult as Alexey has indicated since you have to basically rewrite
> the MI part of the HotSpot VM for alpha.
>=20
> I can offer some advice in terms of bootstrapping and possibly patches
> if there is no 1.3 that will run under emulation on the Alpha.
>
My site describes how to use an NFS mount and rsh(1) to bootstrap the =
build using a regular x86 PC. Basically you forward all calls to the =
bootstrap JDK to another machine using rsh(1). I have the scripts up for =
download.

    Kees Jan

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