From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HYCrs-0001ds-Cc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:06:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3235q25008286; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 03:05:52 GMT Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3235pu8008281 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 03:05:52 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.108] (12-218-7-27.client.mchsi.com[12.218.7.27]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with ESMTP id <20070402030545m92005lkrte>; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 03:05:46 +0000 Message-ID: <46102C3C.3070301@mchsi.com> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:03:40 +0000 From: nick thompson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070305) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] alphaserver 1000 4/266M References: <44DA212A.6060808@mchsi.com> <20060809212439.7f545a31.tcort@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20060809212439.7f545a31.tcort@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3c35e03c-c2b2-4c19-93c5-d9cecc0ab9ef X-Archives-Hash: 4cb7dd72a1a05d949fbd7232fc33e518 Thomas Cort wrote: > Welcome Nick, > > >> Anyone who has one of these machines, or knows anything about them, >> please let me know the goings on. >> > > I have an AlphaServer 1000 4/233. I think it is pretty similar to what > you've got. A few things I ran into during the install.... > > The CD-ROM drive wouldn't boot the live CD. I'm not sure if you'll run > into the same problem since the drive was really old and could have > just been broken. I replaced it with a used SCSI CD-ROM for $10 from > the local computer store and it booted just fine. > > If it doesn't power on at all, make sure the top panel of the case is > on and properly in place. The middle of the top panel of the case has a > small piece of metal oriented downwards. When the top panel is put back > in place properly, the small piece of metal will press down on a > switch. When the switch isn't pressed down, the system will refuse to > power on. > > >> Anyone who wants to tell a first time Alpha user some advice, I'm >> listening. :) >> > > A few things to remember when partitioning.... "the first cylinder > cannot be used as the [bootloader] image will be placed there," so you > should start your partitions after the first cylinder. This is in the > documentation, but is easy to miss. Also, the bootloader (aboot) can > only boot kernels from ext2 and ext3 partitions. If you want to use > another filesystem for the root filesystem, you'll need to create a > separate /boot partition. > > You CFLAGS should look like this "-mcpu=ev4 -pipe -O2 -mieee" > I might be wrong about the mcpu value (it could be ev45), check the > "cpu model" line in /proc/cpuinfo to see which is correct. The -mieee > enables full IEEE floating point support. > > Documentation is available here: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/alpha/doc/index.xml > > You can ask for help on this mailing list, in #gentoo-alpha on > irc.freenode.net, and on the forums in the "Alternative Architecture" > forum. Bugs can be reported on http://bugs.gentoo.org > > I hope that helped. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. > > -Thomas > > PS: if you want to impress your friends, you can change the text > displayed on the LCD by typing "SET OCP_TEXT MyText" (without quotes) > into the SRM console and rebooting. A picture of this is on my blog > http://mediumbagel.org/nucleus/index.php?itemid=9&catid=4 > Anyone else have experience with a machine of this type? I am finally able to work on it now that I have reclaimed some room in my unix dungeon. :) Any info at all appreciated. Nick "All unix, all the time." http://npt.ath.cx -- gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org mailing list