[Cialug] Alpha install

[dave at visionary.com]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2005, dave at visionary.com said:

> On Sat, Aug 27, 2005, Dave Weis <djweis at sjdjweis.com> said:
> 
>> 
>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, dave at visionary.com wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> said:
>>>> David Champion wrote:
>>>>> Here's the first of many Linux on Alpha questions to come... since
>>>>> several of us now have Alpha systems thanks to Dice. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this cd image the one I want if I'm doing a debian install over the
>>>>> internet?
>>>>>
>>>>> debian-31r0a-alpha-netinst.iso
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe we should have a little Alpha installfest. :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yep, that's it
>>>>
>>>> also, I'm now syncing the debian alpha sources for the installfest.  I
>>>> suspect we may need them :)
>>>
>>> Anyone know what the "SRM notation" of the ide cdrom in the DS10's is?
>>>> From the Debian Alpha howto...
>>>
>>> http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/alpha/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install-cd
>>>
>>> --
>>> 5.4.1 Booting from CD-ROM with the SRM Console
>>>
>>> Type
>>>
>>>     >>> boot xxxx -flags 0
>>>
>>> where xxxx is your CD-ROM drive in SRM notation.
>> 
>> In the console type show config and it will tell you. I think it was dqb0:
> 
> Sweet. I have the base install on, and it's getting all dpkg'ed up now. :)
> 
> BTW - these things put out a lot of heat!
> 
> -dc

Update: I got thru the dpkg run by the setup. I just selected Desktop and
Web Server instead of individual packages.

It defaulted to trying to run GDM at boot - I don't recall seeing an
option tell it not to run X at boot. The video card in this is an Elsa
Gloria Synergy, and I chose the generic VGA driver, but when it attempts
to start GDM, I see the Elsa BIOS message (the same as you see when it
first boots) and then it apparantly locks up.

How do I specify a runlevel at boot time? It comes up to a blue screen
that says "Welcome to aboot 0.9b". The only kernel choice that will boot
is option 0. I tried typing "0 runlevel=1" but it's apparantly not taking
the runlevel option.

-dc