[olug] *nix/BSD to go on the DEC at install fest

Timothy G. O'Brien irishmasms at netscape.net
Tue Jan 8 14:28:24 UTC 2002


Phil Brutsche <phil at giedi.obix.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 19:03, Timothy G. O'Brien wrote:
>> IMHO, finding the right *nix/BSD package is the key to getting it
>> installed on that Alpha - too bad we were not more prepared with a few
>> different ones to try. Possibly next time? 
>
>Yes, it is important to get the right package.
>
>It's also important to note whether or not Linux/BSD is capable of
>running on the machine in question.
>
>The Alpha at the Installfest had DEC's really old TURBOchannel expansion
>bus.  Linux just doesn't have support for the machine!  If we had
>NetBSD/Alpha laying around I'm sure we would have been able to get it to
>work, though.
>
>
>Phil
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I thought we tried BSD for Alpha? Or is NetBSD a diff package?

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