Axp-Hardware Archive
Re: Alpha XL266

Subject: Re: Alpha XL266
From: Rich Payne (rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org)
Date: Wed May 3 19:03:38 2000


If I remember correctly the XL266 has no SRM available so you won't be
able to install either of those. I've heard that there was an SRM produced
for these boxes, but that DEC/Compaq has never made it available.

--rdp

On Thu, 4 May 2000, AzRaeL wrote:

> Hi there.
> I have under my possession two Alpha XL266 with the following hardware;
>
> Machine 1: 192MB of memory, 3 SCSI HD(2X 2GB and 1X 1GB), Toshiba 24X SCSI CDROM
> 3COM PCI ethernet(905TX) and Adaptec 2940W controller(one of the 2GB disks are connected to him)
> and a S3 Trio64 display card(Diamond stealth)
>
> Machine 2: 128MB memory, 2 SCSI HD(2X 2GB), Toshiba 24X SCSI CDROM, 3COM ISA ethernet (5XX)
> and the same display card.
>
> What i need to know is this; can I install Tru64 Unix or OpenVMS on these systems?
> if so, how is it done?
>
> If anyone can help me in my quest, it would really apreciated.
>
>
> With the kindest regards,
>
> Jóhann Ingi
> aka AzRaeL
>
> Iceland
>

-- 
Rich Payne
rpayne@alphalinux.org			www.alphalinux.org



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