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Re: Ruffian without floppy drive

From: Stefan Reinauer <stepan suse de>
To: axp-list redhat com
Subject: Re: Ruffian without floppy drive
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:00:39 +0100

* Ling-En Kao <lekao CCCA nctu edu tw> [031221 14:55]:
> Is there any means to install Linux on Ruffian without floppy drive or
> tips to get the floppy drive detected?

IIRC, the Ruffian firmware does not allow booting from CDROM, unlike 
AlphaBIOS. But you can install Milo and a kernel to your harddisk using
a different machine, put the harddisk back in and start the installation

  Stefan

-- 
     Stefan Reinauer, SUSE LINUX AG
Teamleader Architecture Development

Follow-Ups:
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