[Cialug] Alpha install

[Dave Weis]

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, dave at visionary.com wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> said:
>> David Champion wrote:
>>> Here's the first of many Linux on Alpha questions to come... since
>>> several of us now have Alpha systems thanks to Dice. :)
>>>
>>> Is this cd image the one I want if I'm doing a debian install over the
>>> internet?
>>>
>>> debian-31r0a-alpha-netinst.iso
>>>
>>> Maybe we should have a little Alpha installfest. :)
>>>
>>
>> yep, that's it
>>
>> also, I'm now syncing the debian alpha sources for the installfest.  I
>> suspect we may need them :)
>
> Anyone know what the "SRM notation" of the ide cdrom in the DS10's is?
>> From the Debian Alpha howto...
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/alpha/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install-cd
>
> --
> 5.4.1 Booting from CD-ROM with the SRM Console
>
> Type
>
>     >>> boot xxxx -flags 0
>
> where xxxx is your CD-ROM drive in SRM notation.

In the console type show config and it will tell you. I think it was dqb0:

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