The version of BLADE that is on the CD does not support installation
directly from CD; that version requires that you copy the components
onto floppy disk and install them from floppy. Fortunately, however,
a CD-installation upgrade has been released. The upgrade consists of
a two-disk subset which is installed instead of the "b" subset
as the initial root file system. The system is then rebooted, and
all of the BLADE subsets (including the "b" subset) may be installed
from CD-ROM.
The CD-installation upgrade is available via anonymous FTP from:
gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/1.2-64bit/BLADE
Obtain the files:
cdi1 - 1.44Mb Floppy image of the CD install subset (1of2)
cdi2 - 1.44Mb floppy image of the CD install subset (2of2)
install_guide - Updated installation guide with CD-install
instructions
[note that these files may not appear until approximately 0600 GMT on
Saturday, 15 July 1995. If you don't see them in the archive, be patient]
The Internet Archives CD-ROM set is available for $19.95+shipping from:
Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated
4800 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 205
San Jose, CA 95129-1034
Voice: (408) 261-6630
Orders:(800) 261-6630
FAX: (408) 261-6631
Email: info@yggdrasil.com
WWW: http://www.yggdrasil.com/
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