My lucky day

[Jay Estabrook]

Dialup Jon Norstog wrote:
> 
> I installed RH 7.2 to see if there was something wrong with the machine.  No
> problems installing, and man, it runs **fast**.  I think I'll scout around for
> a pair of 833 mhz processors.

Might be worth trying the latest test ISO for Fedora 8 on Alpha... :-)

Look at:

    http://buildsys.zero42.at/iso/

Grab the latest ISO and see if the 2.6.23.10-97,fc8.1axp UP kernel works
on the UP2000+.

MUST DO'S:

1. use text mode only (-flags 2)
2. take the default package selections

Auto-partitioning appears to be working, but custom works as well.

The problem on CYPRESS IDE machines (XP1000, DS20, MIATA) is fixed.

Nearly all of the RPMS on the CD will be installed by default, but
not the SMP kernel, though it is there.

The system should be bootable after install, network should be up, and
one can then modify the YUM config file to point at the Alphacore F8
repository at:

    http://buildsys.zero42.at/mash/f8/alpha/os/

There's nearly 8000 RPMS out there, so go for it! :-)

PLEASE, anyone who tries it, LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!

Good luck!

--Jay++

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