Installing 7.1 on 164SX: MILO problems

["Rajiv Prasad" <rajiv prasad charter net>]

> Hello Rajiv,
>
> You should
> 1) use the latest milo from ftp://genie.ucd.ie/pub/alpha/milo/
>  (or the one from RH6.1) instead of the RH7.1 milo and
> 2) build a kernel with CONFIG_ALPHA_LEGACY_START_ADDRESS
> enabled. The kernel shipped with RH7.1 does not boot from
> any milo because that flag was not set during compilation.
> These two points should fix it.
>
> Regards
>  Oliver

Thanks for the reply, Oliver.  I downloaded the milo from the above ftp
site.  But I do not have a way to build the kernel yet (no working
installation).  Is there a way I can get boot disk/ramdisk images with the
correct version of the kernel for installing 7.1?  Or is there any other way
to install 7.1?

Rajiv

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rajiv Prasad [SMTP:rajiv.prasad@charter.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:41 AM
> > To: axp-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: Installing 7.1 on 164SX: MILO problems
> >
> > Hi folks:
> >
> > I am trying to install 7.1 on my 164SX, but am getting stuck
> > booting into MILO.  I created the MILO disk using rawrite.exe
> > as well as dd (under bash on UWIN running in AlphaNT on
> > the 164SX), and I can boot into MILO fine using either floppy,
> > but do not have any keyboard functionality at the MILO>
> > prompt.  Can't type anything.  I checked the physical connections
> > and the keyboard is fine. (Otherwise this mail would not be
> > typed at all.)
> >
> > The MILO image came straight from the Alpha RH 7.1 iso file,
> > burned onto a CD.  MILO version is 2.2-17 (Mon Jul 3 12:27:42
> > CEST 2000) and it says it was built against Linux 2.2.16-SuSE
> > using compiler gcc version 2.96 20000508 (experimental).  As
> > a check, I downloaded MILO version 2.2-17 from
> > gatekeeper.dec.com, with similar results (only the build date on
> > it was different from the 7.1 MILO).  Tried my old MILO disk
> > from the RH 6.1 distribution, and that loaded fine, and I could
> > look at my filesystem using MILO commands.  However, the
> > 6.1 MILO could not load the kernel on the 7.1 CD -- I did not
> > expect it to do that anyway.
> >
> > So, what am I missing?  Are there any other MILOs for164SX
> > that I could try that would allow me to install 7.1?  BTW, I
> > have AlphaBIOS 5.70 running, and the system has NT4.0 on
> > it already -- do not want to kill NT yet, so going to SRM is
> > not an option.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Rajiv
> >
> >
> >
> >
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