Booting up after 6 years

[Matt Turner]

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