Re: dual-boot with flash-ROM

Ben Scott (bscott@leonardo.sr.unh.edu)
Wed, 28 May 1997 09:08:32 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 28 May 1997, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> I was told that todays alphas do not use lilo but can dual-boot using their
> flash-Eproms. What would be the process of convincing them to do so?

LILO is Intel only and will never work on an Alpha. On an Alpha, you have
the choice of three basic boot loaders: The one built into the kernel (not
recommended), aboot (for SRM consoles), and MILO (for ARC consoles). Which
one is best to use depends on what kind of Alpha you have and what other OSes
you want to run. Check out the information at the AXP Linux website:

http://www.azstarnet.com/~axplinux/

Hope this helps!

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Ben Scott <ben.scott@unh.edu>
Technical support staff
Space Science Center
University of New Hampshire