Re: [newbie] DEC Alpha Server
On Sat, 06 Jul 2002 07:03:17 +0100 Inhabitantofzion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI I recently was given by a business friend of mine one of the above a 3000R (well I had to give him a small fee for a few beers). It is fully functioning and has the 500mhz Alpha processor on it and 2gb of on board ram etc etc... does not have any SCSI HDD's with it. He says it can only run Win NT4 because they kludged the BIOS on these machines. They have coded the BIOS to Win NT 4 only. Does anybody on here have an idea what they might have done to the BIOS (How I find out what they have done) and what would I have to do to get around what they have done? If somebody could get me started in the right direction that would help. I really wanted to get Linux installed on it... John I found this: http://www.linuxalpha.org/faq/alphabios-howto.html . HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DEC Alpha Server
Cheers That looks interesting and may well help. I'll have a good look at it and see if I can sort it. Shame to have a decent server like the DEC Alpha 3kr and not run a _proper_ OS on it! J At 19:07 07/07/2002 +0200, you wrote: On Sat, 06 Jul 2002 07:03:17 +0100 Inhabitantofzion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI I recently was given by a business friend of mine one of the above a 3000R (well I had to give him a small fee for a few beers). It is fully functioning and has the 500mhz Alpha processor on it and 2gb of on board ram etc etc... does not have any SCSI HDD's with it. He says it can only run Win NT4 because they kludged the BIOS on these machines. They have coded the BIOS to Win NT 4 only. Does anybody on here have an idea what they might have done to the BIOS (How I find out what they have done) and what would I have to do to get around what they have done? If somebody could get me started in the right direction that would help. I really wanted to get Linux installed on it... John I found this: http://www.linuxalpha.org/faq/alphabios-howto.html . HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 01/07/2002 Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking, The Y2K Problem and The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 01/07/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DEC Alpha Server
HI I recently was given by a business friend of mine one of the above a 3000R (well I had to give him a small fee for a few beers). It is fully functioning and has the 500mhz Alpha processor on it and 2gb of on board ram etc etc... does not have any SCSI HDD's with it. He says it can only run Win NT4 because they kludged the BIOS on these machines. They have coded the BIOS to Win NT 4 only. Does anybody on here have an idea what they might have done to the BIOS (How I find out what they have done) and what would I have to do to get around what they have done? If somebody could get me started in the right direction that would help. I really wanted to get Linux installed on it... John --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 01/07/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com