i think one thing i might have to had done was type in the ip address of
the nfs server rather than the host name.
dave
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Having recently aquired my first Alpha Machine (YooHoo) I was anxious
> to install Linux/Alpha to really get some kicking power.
>
> MILO running went fine and the installation started smoothly thanx to
> the RedHat Manuals. I want to install over network (since I don't have
> RH on CD) but when I came to type in the ip address and relevant info
> the system freezes when I hit [OK]. Not only deadlock but a total
> crash without eror messages.
>
> Has anyone experienced this before?
>
> Before you start, this is NOT a module problem. eth0 is detected quite
> fine at startup and the same problem occurs with a Digital 100/10 card
> and a NE2000. The base system is a PC164+21164 500 Mhz system, 2940
> SCSI and S3 graphics adapter. Nothing making trouble as far as I can see.
>
> Otherwise I will have to hack the thing... Hmmm, I *could* copy the Rh
> installation onto the harddisk diskette by diskette from the
> installation bash prompt :-)
>
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