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Re: DEC/Alpha network question...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donnie Barnes)
Mon Oct 28 13:21:33 1996
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:45:21 +0100."
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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:52:22 -0500
From: Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
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> I'm currently busy installing a DEC/Alpha 2000 AXP with Redhat. I've
> encountered a few problems. Because some things still don't seem to
> work, I have no other option. I hope there's someone to help me, or at
> least guide me.
>
> * The DEC 4220 Ethernet EISA card isn't found by Redhat.
> - I've tried to find info about the card on the web, tried to give
> "ether=5,0x300,0,0,eth0" before startup. None of it works. (this is
> my most important problem)
That doesn't sound like a supported card. What chipset is on it?
> * X-Windows seems to have a problem when I try to start it. It says:
>
> TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 61
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused ((errno 2): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
>
> - I think my video card isn't detected either. I've got a Compaq
> QVision 1024 and I don't have a single clue about the chipset and
> resolutions. I know it's 1 MB and that it can handle 16,8 Mill.
> colors.
> At Compaq they didn't know the technical specifications either...
There is no Qvision support that I know of, either. You'd better get
an S3 for that box. It's the best supported on the Alpha.
> * When I tried to install the Redhat system (after doing a 'minlabel'
> and
> 'copyboot') it asks for the ROOT disk (ramdisk)... and then for the
> bootdisk.
> The second disk seems to give a few errors... but it loads the setup
> menu.
> - Anyone knows the 'perfect' way to install it? I've been looking on
> the
> www.redhat.com pages and the www.azstarnet.com pages... But not
> a "clean" success.
I don't know what this could be as I'm not personally that familiar with
things on the Alpha.
--Donnie
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