Re: Booting up after 6 years
Matt Turner <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Nov 2010 11:09:48 -0400
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Fantastic! Hope to see on you IRC in #alpha and #gentoo-alpha. :) On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Lukas Pustina <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Lukas Pustina <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello AXP community, >> >> Hi Lukas! >> >> > after the usual decluttering due to moving offices, I found my old LX1= 64 >> > 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.=A0Now, my enthusiasm is back and I want to g= et >> > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> axp-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list > > > _______________________________________________ > axp-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list >