Re: AlphaServer 800 5/400 Booting

[Arnold Sutter <Arnold Sutter udt ch>]

Did you do the "swriteboot" at the end of the Linux
installation?

I recently installed RH5.2 on a DPW433au with the
info below.


>>> boot dka0 -file kernels/miata-s.gz -flags root=/dev/hda0

fdisk to edit disklabel of /dev/sdb (dkc100 in my case)
making 3 Partitions leaving 20480 sectors free at the beginning
of the Disk (for bootstrap info later). 

Creating 3 Partitions: 
a: /dev/sdb1	/ 	64MB
b: /dev/sdb2 	swap 	128MB
g: /dev/sdb7	/usr	1.8GB 

After things have installed onto the disk, change into the
second screen with Alt-F2 and write the bootblocks:
	# chroot /mnt bash	(does not work!)
	# /mnt/sbin/swriteboot /mnt/dev/sdb /mnt/boot/bootlx -f3