On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:05:45 +1000, Steve Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all, > >Can someone throw me in the right direction. > >I have an Alphaserver 1000. > >The SCSI drives have failed so I have installed a PCI IDE contoller and >IDE drive. > >The SRM doesnt recognise the IDE so after install I wont be able to boot >from the drive. > >Is thee a way to have the floppy as the root device ? > > >Thanks, > >Steve Since it's an alpha, I sort of doubt you'll be rebooting it often but either way, floppies are horribly unreliable. A better bet would be to netboot it or if possible CDROM. Failing either of those, a better bet would be a SCSI addin card. I have a few alphas over here and if memory serves me well, one them has a pair of SCSI cards (in a Digital Server 5000), so I can probably spare one of the cards. If you want, I could dust off the machine and look up the exact cards it has. JCR
