Subject: Re: getting rid of SRM
From: Izaak Bozof \(INS\) (izaak.bozof@ins.com)
Date: Thu Aug 26 1999 - 08:09:35 PDT
Nope. Haven't tried that at all.
Assuming I'm doing a "stock" install of RedHat 6.0, what is the SRM boot
command?
Do I have to remake the partitions to switch from ARC to SRM in this fashion?
thanks very much
At 10.43 a 8/26/99 -0400, Ken Crandall wrote:
>Izaak,
>
>Have you used BSD-style disklabeling to partition your disk? Hitting the
>'b' option in fdisk enables this mode.
>
>Ken
>
>____________________________________________________________
>
>Ken Crandall
>Red Hat Technical Engineer
>____________________________________________________________
>
>
>
>On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Izaak Bozof (INS) wrote:
>
> > I've tried this so many times and Red Hat fails on installation everytime.
> >
> > I can boot the kernel from CD and then run the install, but having
> finished
> > the installation the system will not boot the hdd.
> >
> > What am I missing? I've tried this on both UDB's and on AS
> > 2xx/4xx's. I've just been using ARC/AlphaBIOS and was resigned to it.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > izaak
> >
> > At 09.13 a 8/26/99 -0400, Ken Crandall wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Is there a reason you want to use ARC? SRM is perfectly capable of
> > >loading Linux (and preferred by a lot of people, including myself.)
> > >
> > >Ken
> > >
> > >____________________________________________________________
> > >
> > >Ken Crandall
> > >Red Hat Technical Engineer
> > >____________________________________________________________
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Blue Lang wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > >
> > > > I hate to be one of those lamers who starts a mailing list with a
> > > > question, but, man, have I ever looked all over for this one, including
> > > > the entire list archives..
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to ditch SRM (tried to install OpenBSD) in favor of ARC on a
> > > > decstation 200 4/233. Everything I've read indicates that a simple
> 'make a
> > > > floppy, type update' should do it, but update just returns a
> prompt. Help
> > > > update is completely unintelligible.. Any
> suggestions/pointers/secret web
> > > > sites?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Blue Lang
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