Redhat 7.2 install on Alpha

Rich Payne rdp at talisman.mv.com
Wed Aug 21 17:27:28 EDT 2002


On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Derek Doucette wrote:

> I'm pretty sure that there are a few Alpha people on this list.  I'm 
> trying to install 7.2 on a digital alphaserver 800 5/500.  When trying 
> to boot I get the following:
> 
>     IDE Command not successfully terminated
>     ST0 = 40
>     Missing address mark

This is the kernel reporting this or the firmware? I've never seen that 
error before. Is this booted from SRM or AlphaBIOS/MILO?
 
> I have searched google a bit and found some posts with similar problems 
> but no results.  I'm pretty familiar with linux, but this is my first 
> shot at an alpha box.  Any ideas to get me started?

Well, I've dealt with Alpha for about 5 years but never seen that 
one before :)

--rdp

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Rich Payne
http://talisman.mv.com




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