[PLUG] Can't install Debian Lenny on Alpha PC164...

drew wymore drew.wymore at gmail.com
Sun Jul 5 22:55:48 UTC 2009


There is an unofficial port of Slackware for Alpha but it hasn't been
updates in many years IIRC.

On 7/5/09, Michael Robinson <plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
> So Lenny will not install from ARC console or MILO and something
> crazy about MILO not being available anymore.  Great, I go to all
> the trouble of downloading the newest version of Debian I know
> about for my Alpha and just like CentOS 4.3, I can't install it.
>
> I realize that Alpha got killed, partially because it was never
> marketed correctly and partially because Intel did not want
> competition when they got into the 64 bit computer business.
>
> Can I install SRM console somehow without breaking ARC console?
>
> There's something vague about installing woody and upgrading, but
> where do I get Debian Woody for the Alpha?  This just seems
> completely ridiculous.
>
> I want to get something newer than Redhat 6.2 on my Alpha that
> supports DVD burners.  Why on earth does everyone think that I
> have SRM console anyways?
>
> I wish I could get a hold of the last version of Redhat for the
> Alpha, but I guess the last version was 7.2 which wouldn't be
> much of an upgrade.
>
> Are there any DVD burning programs that work with Windows NT 4.0
> Alpha or Redhat 6.2?
>
> Does Slackware run on the Alpha?
>
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