Re: can Linux run on DIGITAL Alphastation 4100 ?

[Bibek Sahu <scorpio dodds net>]

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Jan Vicherek wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Sep 1998 Jay.Estabrook@digital.com wrote:
> 
> > >>> Jan Vicherek said:
> 
> > >   4. I would like to leave the current HDs untouched, and run it over NFS
> > > (at least until I determine whether it is feasible to run some of the DEC
> > > binaries). (NFS being the root FS). Anybody has any ideas on that ?
> > 
> > Root on NFS is known to work, but unfortunately, the RH 5.1 RAWHIDE kernel
> > wasn't built with that option, IIRC.
> 
>    Hmm, is there anybody out there who could help me with this one,
> please?
> 
>  I've promissed that I won't touch the machine's configuration, which I
> guess translates into not touching the harddrives. So I must run this
> thing over NFS.

	I'll cross-build a kernel for you, and stuff it on a rawhide disk
image (heck, why not? I built one for the AlphaServer 2100 at work). 

	However, I need to know the machine configuration.  I know you
need this set up for a rawhide, with NFS Root enabled and kernel network
autoconfiguration.  However, I don't know what type of SCSI controller you
have.  Do you for any reason need IDE?  Are there any other devices I need
to build support for? 

- Bibek