[Cialug] Alpha install

[dave at visionary.com]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2005, dave at visionary.com said:

> On Sun, Aug 28, 2005, dave at visionary.com said:
> 
>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2005, Dave Weis <djweis at sjdjweis.com> said:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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:
>> 
>> Sweet. I have the base install on, and it's getting all dpkg'ed up now. :)
>> 
>> BTW - these things put out a lot of heat!
>> 
>> -dc
> 
> Update: I got thru the dpkg run by the setup. I just selected Desktop and
> Web Server instead of individual packages.
> 
> It defaulted to trying to run GDM at boot - I don't recall seeing an
> option tell it not to run X at boot. The video card in this is an Elsa
> Gloria Synergy, and I chose the generic VGA driver, but when it attempts
> to start GDM, I see the Elsa BIOS message (the same as you see when it
> first boots) and then it apparantly locks up.
> 
> How do I specify a runlevel at boot time? It comes up to a blue screen
> that says "Welcome to aboot 0.9b". The only kernel choice that will boot
> is option 0. I tried typing "0 runlevel=1" but it's apparantly not taking
> the runlevel option.
> 
> -dc

Got it. "0 single". I removed GDM and now I can boot into text mode.

-dc