Re: Linux on a Deskstation Raptor 3

Re: Linux on a Deskstation Raptor 3 - System?

Jay Estabrook - Alpha Migration Tools - LINUX Project (jestabro@brillig.amt.tay1.dec.com)
Tue, 20 Feb 96 09:32:47 -0500

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> Hi, everybody.
>
> I am quiet new to this list and would like to know if there is anybody using
> Linux on a Raptor system from Deskstation Technologies. I am currently working
> in a company here in Germany that would really like to get a Unix running on
> these machines. Some Infos about the Raptors:
>
> Alpha 21164 processors 266Mhz and up
> 2 MB ext. Cache
> AM53C974 SCSI Ports
> PCIset (Digital) + ISA Bridge
> Diamond Stealth 4MB VRAM
> ARCS BIOS (should be an ARC clone)
>
> Currently I am having trouble to even get the linload.exe to work. I think i
> did a wrong installation of the image-disks, but I don't know whats wrong
> exactly.
>

Frank,

You're breaking new ground; that can often be frustrating... :-)

Yours is the first publicly announced attempt to get one of those DeskStations
going with Linux.

Since the SCSI controller (AM53C974) is not one I recognize as having been
ported to the Alpha yet, it might be better initially to work only from
floppies, until you get things further along. ARC console can be told to
boot linload and MILO from the floppy, try that instead.

If that SCSI controller is supposed to be compatible with the NCR810, or
some of its siblings, it *may* work, but I have no information about it.

Good luck!

--Jay++

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