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by **J. S. Jense** » Mon, 15 Dec 1997 04:00:00

I am going to buy myself an DEC Alpha. :-)

What are my options as far as distributions? Is RedHat the only that
sells Alpha Distributions?

Also, I'll be completely new to the new architecture, about what caveats
should I now know?

Thanks for any help :-)

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J. S. Jensen

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by **Frank Sweetse** » Tue, 16 Dec 1997 04:00:00

Quote:> I am going to buy myself an DEC Alpha. :-)

> What are my options as far as distributions? Is RedHat the only that
> sells Alpha Distributions?

> Also, I'll be completely new to the new architecture, about what caveats
> should I now know?

AFAIK, RedHat is the only one that has an alpha release. Check out their
web page, they've got some decent documentation on what specific ones are
supported, installation instructions, and pointers to more info.

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by **kid** » Wed, 17 Dec 1997 04:00:00

Go with Redhat 5.0. It'll kick ass. If you want Microsoft crap, run NT
4.0 for Alpha.

> I am going to buy myself an DEC Alpha. :-)

> What are my options as far as distributions? Is RedHat the only that
> sells Alpha Distributions?

> Also, I'll be completely new to the new architecture, about what caveats
> should I now know?

> Thanks for any help :-)

> --
> J. S. Jensen

> http://turing.Mines.EDU/~jsjensen

by **Jon Fiedl** » Wed, 17 Dec 1997 04:00:00

On Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:34:28 -0800, "J. S. Jensen"

>I am going to buy myself an DEC Alpha. :-)

>What are my options as far as distributions? Is RedHat the only that
>sells Alpha Distributions?

>Also, I'll be completely new to the new architecture, about what caveats
>should I now know?

Be prepared for a way different boot routine. You'll have to boot
into a console (probably ARC but possibly SRM) and from there load
MILO and then, finally, boot linux. Be sure to read the relevant
howtos and docs at:
http://www.azstarnet.com/~axplinux/
This and RedHat's site should prove to be very valuable to you in your
adventures.

Jon

Very Computer

Options with my new Alpha.

Options with my new Alpha.

Options with my new Alpha.

Options with my new Alpha.

Options with my new Alpha.