Booting up after 6 years

[Matt Turner]

Fantastic! Hope to see on you IRC in #alpha and #gentoo-alpha. :)

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Lukas Pustina <axp at pustina.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> just to inform you: My old LX164 is running Gentoo just fine since this
> morning! One more alpha back at work!
> Thanks for all your help,
> Lukas
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 18:01, Matt Turner <mattst88 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Lukas Pustina <axp at pustina.net> wrote:
>> > Hello AXP community,
>>
>> Hi Lukas!
>>
>> > after the usual decluttering due to moving offices, I found my old LX164
>> > and
>> > became nostalgic. I was wondering, if I could get the old lady up and
>> > running again. By my surprise, she booted right into SRM console and I
>> > was
>> > even able to start aboot. Now, my enthusiasm is back and I want to get
>> > her
>> > updated and serving a real purpose.
>>
>> Great!
>>
>> > The last time I used the system is more then 6 years past and I guess
>> > many
>> > things changed. I was hoping you guys can get me back on speed about
>> > AXP-Linux. So far, I have the following - broad - question:
>> > 1. Is SRM still the firmware to use?
>>
>> Yes. You may have an update available. I think the latest for LX is
>> 5.8. See [1].
>>
>> > 2. Is aboot still the boot-loader to use?
>>
>> Yes. With quite a few patches (experimental ext4 support here [2]!)
>>
>> > 3. What is the most recent distribution to use? It seems like almost
>> > everybody dropped the alpha ports.
>>
>> Gentoo is the most updated and the only one that is actively
>> supported. Debian unstable still exists too.
>>
>> > I happy to get my alpha back,
>> > thanks in advance,
>> > Lukas
>>
>> Glad to have you! We're in #alpha and #gentoo-alpha on
>> irc.freenode.net and would be glad to help get your alpha back up and
>> running. Hope to see you there!
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> [1]
>> http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/firmware/readmes/alphapc164lx.html
>> [2] http://alphalinux.org/wiki/index.php/Aboot_EXT4_support
>>
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