> On Apr 15, 2019, at 9:37 AM, Frank Scheiner <frank.schei...@web.de> wrote: > >> On 4/15/19 03:53, Darren Goossens wrote: >> Hi >> >> Sorry If I am replying in the wrong way, I tried to understand how >> these lists work but I always seem to get it wrong. >> >> I have tried to use the Alpha netboot image. It booted very nicely, >> but then I got the message that I needed to load some firmware from >> removable media -- in this case, qlogic/1040.bin. The installer did >> not detect the CDROM drive, which is a standard SCSI one that came >> with the AlphaServer. >> >> I put the files on a floppy (AlphaServer 1200 does not have USB) but >> there is no floppy kernel module on the installer, so it could not >> read the floppy. >> >> So I'm kind of stuck. > > Can you get your network up already at that point - netcat (as `nc`) is > available in the installer environment - or does this also require > access to the installer disc?
First of all, we need to find out whether Darren is actually using netboot images or NETINST. Those are not the same. Adrian
