Thats a Red hat question. We've never seen it work reliable, from time to
time but never solid.
>> >2) If I try to boot from floppies, with the command
>> > boot fd0:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
>> >using the cp164.img and ramdisk.img images on the boot and ramdisk
>> >floppies respectively, the boot proceeds ok and puts me in the
>> >installation program. I reply that I have a local scsi cdrom, with
>> >Adaptec 2940 controller.
>>
>> This happens due to not having a milo and kernel that supports Adaptec 2940.
>> If you need it e-mail me and we'll make arrangements to get it to you. At
>> present unless you have another system running Alpha Linux your dead in the
>> water.
>>
>
>Actually, this is not quite right. My machine is currently running linux,
>kernel 2.0.23, and redhat 3.0.3. It has a number of problems, and I thought
>that installing rehat 4.0 (I bought the CD...) could help solve some of my
>problems. Therefore, I do have a milo which supports the 2940, but as to the
>kernel in the distribution, I am not certain. I guess I can copy my currently
>working kernel (whatever its problems) to the boot floppy. I'll try it
>now.
Ok thats good. Can you compile a new kernel? Was this system once running
with the 2940 and all the previous listed parts?
Do you know about these bug fixes?
The following updates for Red Hat Linux/Alpha 4.0 are now availble from
ftp.redhat.com:/updates/4.0/axp. See the Red Hat Errata for full information
on these and other 4.0 updates.
1) ncompress-4.2.4-7
Eliminates unaligned accesses, boosting speed about 30%.
2) joe-2.8-7
Works around compiler/library problem which resulted in
joe dumping core during startup.
3) modules-2.0.0-5
The Alpha distribution was missing /sbin/genksyms, which
is needed to build kernels with module version information.
Let me know where you are on your system and we'll try to help.
Cheers,
Steve
+1-603-421-1800 http://www.dcginc.com
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