Booting up after 6 years

Lukas Pustina axp at pustina.net
Wed Nov 3 10:04:00 UTC 2010


Hi,

just to inform you: My old LX164 is running Gentoo just fine since this
morning! One more alpha back at work!

Thanks for all your help,
Lukas


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 18:01, Matt Turner <mattst88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Lukas Pustina <axp at pustina.net> wrote:
> > Hello AXP community,
>
> Hi Lukas!
>
> > after the usual decluttering due to moving offices, I found my old LX164
> and
> > became nostalgic. I was wondering, if I could get the old lady up and
> > running again. By my surprise, she booted right into SRM console and I
> was
> > even able to start aboot. Now, my enthusiasm is back and I want to get
> her
> > updated and serving a real purpose.
>
> Great!
>
> > The last time I used the system is more then 6 years past and I guess
> many
> > things changed. I was hoping you guys can get me back on speed about
> > AXP-Linux. So far, I have the following - broad - question:
> > 1. Is SRM still the firmware to use?
>
> Yes. You may have an update available. I think the latest for LX is
> 5.8. See [1].
>
> > 2. Is aboot still the boot-loader to use?
>
> Yes. With quite a few patches (experimental ext4 support here [2]!)
>
> > 3. What is the most recent distribution to use? It seems like almost
> > everybody dropped the alpha ports.
>
> Gentoo is the most updated and the only one that is actively
> supported. Debian unstable still exists too.
>
> > I happy to get my alpha back,
> > thanks in advance,
> > Lukas
>
> Glad to have you! We're in #alpha and #gentoo-alpha on
> irc.freenode.net and would be glad to help get your alpha back up and
> running. Hope to see you there!
>
> Matt
>
> [1]
> http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/firmware/readmes/alphapc164lx.html
> [2] http://alphalinux.org/wiki/index.php/Aboot_EXT4_support
>
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