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

Dan Colish dcolish at gmail.com
Sun Jul 5 23:03:41 UTC 2009


This might result in booing, but BSD has great alpha support.

--Dan

On Jul 5, 2009, at 3:55 PM, drew wymore <drew.wymore at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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