Re: Blade 0.3

Jay Estabrook - Alpha Migration Tools - LINUX Project (jestabro@brillig.amt.tay1.dec.com)
Mon, 04 Dec 95 17:44:39 -0500


> Hello,
> I gave up temporarily to install linux/alpha, but I am trying again now.
> I downloaded the b subset, the d subset, and milo apc64. I set up ARC to load
> linux/alpha from the floppy. I choose linux/alpha it loads partition, filename
> path, opens milo, loads file at 0x80000000 ...
> gets firmware parameters ...
> ... Memory size is 0x20000000 bytes
> sets up arguments for Milo @ 0x801FFC00
> swaps to PALcode at 0x0 ...
> and freezes. Any suggestions as to what I should do?
> my computer alphaPC64 275Mhz.
> 32 meg of ram
> Digital ZLXp-E1 TGA compatible video card
> running WindowsNT 3.51 w/NewShell
> Thanks,
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So you've got an AlphaPC64 (Cabriolet) with a TGA installed, right? That's
what the "Digital ZLXp-E1" means, ie you do *NOT* have a VGA in there.

Did you just grab a vmlinux.gz for the CABRIO off the net? If so, I do not
believe that any CABRIO kernels on the net were configured with TGA support.

Easiest solution: replace the TGA with a VGA of some flavor, esp. S3-based,
as that Xserver currently exists for Alpha. TGA Xserver is still a ways off,
so if you want to run X, S3 is the only (current) choice.

Otherwise, you need to reconfigure and build a kernel that has TGA support
in it, or talk some kind soul on the net into building one for you... :-)

--Jay++

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