RE: SRM multi OS'es

[Lennart Börjeson <LennartB cinnober com>]

NT must be booted from ARC/Alphabios.
OSF and VMS must boot from SRM.
Linux can boot from either.

Also note that SRM doesn't understand partitions.

On an AlphaStation you can have both SRM and ARC/Alphabios loaded
simultaneously. There are other Alphas which can only have one at a time,
and some that can only have ARC/Alphabios, period.


Also note that the recent termination of NT on Alpha also means that any
further development of ARC/Alphabios has been stopped. This is *serious*,
since no other parties than Compaq & Microsoft have the sources... Since
Compaq has relegated Alpha to the high-end niche, only SRM will continue to
be developed, and only on a very limited set of high-end Compaq-brand
AlphaServers...

The Alpha community is in dire need of an Open Source firmware loader.

-----Original Message-----
From: Franco Tassone [mailto:franco.tassone@rgn.it]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:00 PM
To: axp-list@redhat.com
Subject: SRM multi OS'es


Hi all,
I own an Alphastation 200 4/166 with SRM console and OSF 3.2, and I want
to use it for Linux and WIN-NT also.
Is it possible to boot multi Os'es (OSF 3.2, Linux, WIN-NT), or should I
switch to ARC console ?
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

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