Help! Trying to install RH6.0 on Multia/UDB

["Champigny, Michael" <Michael Champigny compaq com>]

> I've had luck in the past installing 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x releases of
> RedHat on the Multia. Last night I tried installing 6.x from scratch,
> including a firmware upgrade to 4.33, and was unsuccessful.
> 
> The problem is I'm getting conflicting advice on what the boot 
> selection should look like in ARC. When I try to load the MILO
> floppy I get the "swapping to PAL code" message and then 
> a screen full of garbage. I have the monitor plugged into the TGA
> but I also have an S3 Virge in the PCI slot. Is it possible that
> MILO is trying to display to the PCI video card instead of the TGA?
> I swapped the video cable over to the S3 but still had no luck.
> 
> Can someone post a boot selection from a MILO floppy so I
> can eliminate that variable? Also, where are people getting the
> MILO image for the Multia. I dd'ed the image from milo/images
> on the RH6.0 CD. Maybe that one is hosed.
> 
> If anyone can help or provide detailed RH install instructions for
> the Multia I'd appreciate it. The instructions on web sites are old
> (4.0, 5.0 series) or littered with bugs (the stuff on alphalinux.org)
> and inconsistencies. I promise if I get this going I'll post a more
> accurate install process!
> 
> Michael Champigny
> Software Senior Engineer
> Alpha Development Group 
> Compaq Computer Corporation