On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > Hi > > Alpha DS10 (TSUNAMI,Webbrick) , CPU 21264 466Mhz. > > I am planning on ditching my Tru64 in favour of Debian. The plan is > to re-use the machine for DNS and some other services. > > My first question is will I need a graphics card? My alpha doesn't > never had one and I was wondering if this is going to be an issue. I > have always used the console or telnet to access it. There is also > talk of buy a KVM switch and I am not sure how that would work out. > > My second question was about the boot loader. I can't see my system > type listed in the Console Support types (~alpha/ch05s01.html). I > have tried, and failed to get aboot. As I had planned to buy the > installation media, do I need to take this step? > > Also can anyone confirm that Debian can run on a DS10 hardware? > > Sorry for mega-newbie questions. > Dp. > > Dermot Paikkos. >
debian runs fine on my headless DS10. The only problem I had was with the initial reboot after the install, because serial console had not been placed in the aboot.conf by the installer. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Toni Harbaugh-Blackford [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) National Cancer Institute Contractor - SAIC/Frederick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
