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

[Brian Roberson]

NetBSD is what Phil is suggesting, what I had was OpenBSD, and that did not
work due to that specific cd being bootable by i386 only ( el-torito ) the
alpha version of OpenBSD was on that cd, but you needed to boot via
floppies.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy G. O'Brien" <irishmasms at netscape.net>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:28 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [olug] *nix/BSD to go on the DEC at install fest


> 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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