Interest in Alpha-Core (was RE: RedHat 7.2 on ES40 AlphaServer - Boot Problem - Help Solving)

[Jay Estabrook]

I'm sorry for the confusion:

The CD images should work on all machines, while the DVD will ONLY
work on the following (AFAIK): DS10/15/20/25 ES40/45.

And please make sure those have the latest SRM consoles.

--Jay++

Jim McCarthy wrote:
> I've got a DEC Alpha PWS 600au Miata (dual Elsa Gloria Synergy 8Mb PCI)
> still running RH7.2 ... yes, shame on me for not keeping up with the
> times ....
> 
> The graphics boards are Permidia-2, which translates to GLINT meaning
> I'm probably OK on that front, but is Jay's list of target machines in
> reference *only* to the DVD image -- implying that I should be okay if
> I grab the three CD ISO's ? (which would be my only hope anyway, since
> the Miata has CD-ROM but no DVD drive...)
> 
> Thanks in advance for the clarification,
> 
>     -- Jim
> 
> 
> The other "more modern" Alpha Linux upgrade I would consider besides
> Alpha-Core would be CentOS 4.3 (compiled from RHEL 4.3 source rpms).
> While I've never used CentOS, on my x86 and ia64 machines I've been
> using Scientific Linux 4.x for the past couple years now (and SL is
> also based on the RHEL 4.x source rpms), but SL doesn't offer a build
> for Alpha.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: axp-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:axp-list-bounces at redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of Jay Estabrook
> Sent: Sunday, 13 December, 2009 1:39 PM
> To: Linux on Alpha processors
> Subject: Re: RedHat 7.2 on ES40 AlphaServer - Boot Problem - Help
> Solving
> 
> 
> Well, not completely accurate - look at:
> 
>      http://buildsys.zero42.at/iso/
> 
> The images there are Fedora 10 for Alpha.
> 
> If there are people actually going to use it, I'll upload the
> ~10,200 RPMS to a repository, otherwise, I won't bother. Make
> your wishes known on this ML (10 or more will do it)...
> 
> Please note that the DVD image will most likely ONLY work on
> the following machines with the latest FW:
> 
>     DS10, DS15, DS20, DS25, ES40, ES45
> 
> And yes, I tried XP1000 with no luck, but didn't try any API machines,
> like UP1100 or UP1500 or UP2000, so YMMV.
> 
> Radeon and GLINT X drivers in good shape, no luck with some Matrox.
> 
> Use "noselinux selinux=0" on the boot command line, unless you want
> to wrestle with SELinux.
> 
> GNOME may be a bit flaky at times (libbonobo-activation related).
> 
> Good luck, let me know of any problems.
> 
> --Jay++
> 
> Matt Turner wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Dialup Jon Norstog
>> <thursday at allidaho.com> wrote:
>>> There are what, 3-5 people worldwide actively working on Linux for Alpha?
>>> Versus an army on X86.
>> And literally no one working on AlphaCore, Red Hat, or Fedora.
>>
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