On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 13:41:09 +0000
Richard Simpson <rsimpson@ewrcsdra.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday 08 November 2001 11:12 am, you wrote:
> > I subscribed yesterday to this list, to see if I could install
Cooker
> > on my old Alpha.
>
> Welcome. You will find that it is very quiet and peaceful here :-)
Yes, I already found out. i read the archive at alphalinux.org
> > My alpha axp has only 16 Mb ram.
> > Is that enough to try Cooker on, or should I better go with Mdk
7.1
>
> I don't think that it makes any difference. 16 MB isn't very much
at all,
> but you might squeeze something in if you don't want to run X. What
sort of
> machine exactly do you have?
166 MHz 21066 CPU
16MB RAM (70ns, 72 pin, 36 bit parity SIMM)
21030 PCI based 2MB TGA high performance graphics accelerator
500 meg HD (ide)
floppydrive
And some ISA nic.
> The thing you need to grasp is that since 7.1 there hasn't been a
working
> install suit for Mandrake Alpha. You should be able to install 7.1
OK, but
> upgrading to Cooker involves replacing packages by hand and it is
mighty
> difficult to do this without breaking your working 7.1.
>
> What I did was to install a minimal 7.1 on one hard disc and then
spend many
> happy hours downloading Cooker and installing it onto another drive
with
> creative use of the chroot command. It did work, but by God it was
a
> character building experience!!!
>
> If the installer is now working and I am talking drivel please stop
me.
>
> > I'm planning on an nfs install here.
>
> Good Luck!
Thank you :)
I might be in for some troubles to overcome then.
-- Marcel Pol mpol@gmx.net
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