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Here is a copy of an e-mail I sent to Alcides on the subject. I am
posting it here for the benefit of anyone else who might want this
information. Additions and corrections are _encouraged_.
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The "official" (?) internal Linux home page is at:
http://linux.reo.dec.com/
It is maintained by Dave Rusling and also contains useful information.
Dave is one of the main Linux-on-Alpha people within Digital, so he may have
better pointers to information if you can't find what you need on his
page.
Another source for information is the following URL:
http://www.azstarnet.com/~axplinux/
This purports to be the Linux-on-Alpha homepage. It appears to have a decent
amount of information on Linux-on-Alpha.
If you have never dealt with Linux (on Intel or elsewhere) before, you might
want to purchase a Red Hat for Alpha distribution CD. You can, of
course, pull from the Internet, but building from a CD may make life simpler
for you. Also, the Official Red Hat distribution might have the necessary
information to get you started on the installation.
I have not had the pleasure of working with Linux on Alpha yet -- all I have
is a 486 at home which serves me well.
[Of course, if anyone out there has an Alpha sitting around doing
nothing, I'd be more than willing to take it off your hands! 8^) -- RCP]
I hope this helps.
-- Russ
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| I tried to find in the redhat homepage if Alpha Personal Workstation 433 is
supported by Linux. I got the following list, and would like to now which milo
(if any) is compatible with my machine.
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Red Hat Linux/Alpha 4.2 Hardware Compatibility List
(Updated: 19-May-1997 )
Red Hat Linux/Alpha supports a variety of hardware based on the
Alpha processor and the PCI bus. Platforms on which this release
is known to work include:
+ AlphaPC64 (Cabriolet, Aspen Telluride)
+ AxpPCI33 (Noname)
+ EB64+ (Aspen Alpine)
+ EB66 (NekoTech Mach 1)
+ EB66+
+ Jensen (DEC PC 150, 2000 model 300, Cullean)
+ Universal Desktop Box (UDB, sometimes called Multia). This
is just a noname board and is treated as such for the rest
of this document.
+ AlphaStation 200, 250, 255, 400 (Avanti machines)
+ EB164 (Aspen Avalanche, Timberline, Summit; Microway
Screamer)
+ Platform 2000 machines from Kinetics
+ PC164 machines (Durango)
+ Alcor type machines (AlphaStation 500, 600; Maverick, Brett)
+ Alpha-XL
+ Alpha-XLT (XL 300, XL 366)
+ Mikasa type machines (AlphaServer 1000, 1000A not supported)
All of the above platforms except the Jensen include an NCR 810
SCSI controller, though BusLogic PCI SCSI controllers (other than
the FlashPoint), the Adaptec AHA2940 SCSI controller, and Qlogic
1020 ISP controllers are also supported. The Jensen design uses
an AHA1740 SCSI controller and is supported.
NE2000, DE422, and DE4x5 (PCI) Ethernet cards are supported. This
includes the UDB's internal Ethernet hardware. Token ring support
is also included in the kernels.
The X Window System should work on any machine with a S3 based
video card except the Jensen machines. There is a server
available from ftp://ftp.azstarnet.com/pub/linux/axp/jensen for
S3 cards. TGA servers (which work on the UDB for example) are
available on your Red Hat Linux/Alpha CD in the X11 directory.
Most of the cards from Orchid and Number 9 will work. Most
Diamond Stealth cards are also supported. Digital TGA cards
(based on the DC21030 chip) are supported in 8 bit mode, and an X
server for Mach64 cards is also provided.
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