Re: [announce] SuSE Linux 8.1 Alpha Edition available.
Igor Schein <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Jun 2003 01:17:44 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.suse.axp,gmane.linux.redhat.axp.general |
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On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:09:51PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > Dear Alpha community, > > it's been quite some spare time nights that the old SuSE Alpha Team > spent to present you a new version of SuSE Linux for Alpha machines. > > To safe more greasy words: It's available for download from > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1/ > > There are quite a couple of reasons to update now, among them are: > > * kernel 2.4.19 > * gcc 3.2.2, glibc 2.2.5, binutils 2.12.90.0.15 > * apache2, bind8/9, .. > * kde 3.0.4 > * ... > > SuSE Linux 8.1 Alpha Edition has been tested on several EV56/EV6/EV67 > machines, but it might also work on newer/older Alpha systems. > > To install SuSE Linux 8.1 Alpha Edition on SRM systems, you need to > download the installation iso, and burn it to a CD. Find the ISO at > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1/boot/boot.iso > Then you can start installation with "boot dkb0 -fl 0". Please make > sure to insert your cdrom device instead of dkb0. For interactive > startup you can use the "-fl i" instead of "-fl 0" At what point can I specify the network module for ftp installation? My module is tulip. When I get to the menu where I select ftp install, it complains that no module is found. Thanks Igor