Re: Installing Linux Alpha

Michael Schwingen (m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de)
Mon, 30 Dec 1996 17:18:23 +0000 (WET)

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> comand:
>
> cat lxboot.aboot lxboot.aboot bootlx.aboot vmlinux.gz >/dev/fd0
>
> the resulting file is too large for be copied in a diskette, (really the
> file is about 1.48 mb), so my question is, really the comand listed above
> is correct??

It is correct. From my local mirror of azstarnet.com:

-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 8510 Nov 6 21:08 Jensen-HOWTO
-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 6284 May 10 1996 Jensen-HOWTO.orig
-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 96768 Nov 6 21:21 bootlx.aboot
-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 16896 May 10 1996 copyboot.exe
-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 512 May 10 1996 lxboot.aboot
-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 25088 May 10 1996 minlabel.exe
drwxr-xr-x 2 michaels 512 Nov 7 01:13 old/
-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 412160 Nov 19 01:16 vmlinux-2.0.22.gz
-r--r--r-- 1 michaels 527490 Nov 22 21:29 vmlinux.gz

So the result should be 512+512+96768+527490 = 625282 bytes, which fits
on a single disk without problems.

> I have experience installing Linux Red Hat and Slackware in pc intel, but
> this is the first time that I try in a alpha machine.

Good luck ... the Jensen is a bit difficult to install, compared to newer
alphas, because the SRM console can't boot from floppy.

cu
Michael

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