My lucky day

[Oliver Falk]

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John Grzesiak wrote:
> 
> 
> My experience with this is:
> 
> 1) Many times, the install kernel has issues with specific hardware
> related to
> KVM installs. I have had the most luck executing a serial install and then
> configuring the video/keyboard after the system is installed. I leave the
> console on the serial port anyway, because I use a terminal server and
> remote
> power equipment so that I can remote start and access my Alpha hardware.
> (They
> do suck too much power to leave on)..
> 
> 2) KVM switches are a problem... Even the DEC ones, unless you have
> exactly the
> right firmware in the KVM... After COMPAQ took over, they sort of
> ignored the
> Alpha when it cam to KVM updates, prefering to fix only the issues
> presented
> with compatibility with the ProLiant servers, which was their focus at that
> point. The best KVM I have found for these is the NTI... but even they
> have a
> few issues too.
> 
> 3) Alpha firmware upgrade will sometimes (not often) reset a console
> setting or
> set some odd flags. In these cases, I will write down the most pertinent
> information and default the environment and start over. It only helps in a
> minor fraction of cases, but, has helped once or twice..
> 
> Perhaps it is time for a knowledge repository for this arcana.. ???? ..
> Sooner
> or later this info is going to get lost if it does not get documented
> somewhere...
> 
> This stuff has worked for me on varied Alpha hardware... Your mileage may
> vary...
> 
> 
> AS4100, AS2100A, CS20, PC164XL, AS200, etc...
>