> > - Will I need to make boot/root floppy images?
>
> A boot/root floppy would be cool and very handy. I don't have a CD
> burner at the moment, so that would be perfect.
Then I will be making those up. I'll probably do the network supplemental
disk thing just like on Intel, since it's going to be fun to cram the kernel
itself onto one disk. Amazingly, "setup" is pretty well adapted to going
on multiple architectures.
> > - For now at least, would everyone be happy if I just made a generic
> > kernel image, or should I make ones geared towards each type of
> > machine?
>
> Hmm.. that is a tough one. I think that a generic kernel with SCSI and
> IDE drivers would be sufficient for installation purposes. Otherwise, it
> will be rather complicated making a kernel for each family of Alphas.
Yes, probably so. I'll model the SCSI support after an Intel disk, since
Alphas support much of the same hardware.
> > - What's everyone's preferred installation device and root filesystem
> > device? CD-ROM, network, hard drive, SCSI, IDE, or what?
>
> I prefer installing from CD. I will have to order a cd burner to make
> things easier in the mean time. However, installation from a hard drive
> or network would be cool. I think that for now installation from CD and
> from a hard drive would be sufficient.
And I'll have to order a burner to make test CDs on, unless I can keep
asking David to borrow his. Now if only that SCSI PlexWriter would
fall in price a little...
There will be hard drive and network support, since all that stuff is
already present in setup. I'll just have to make sure that the boot
kernel image has support for the proper filesystems.
> On the topic of installation.. aboot or MILO? That will be a fun one to
> figure out, since aboot is a little more complicated to install, but is
> faster.
Well, I've got aboot going on my machine. I haven't really played with
MILO yet. This will be something where I'll probably need some help
or explanations or something. I might need to get Patrick's Alpha
(yes, he has one) and play with it.
I like aboot, especially the newer versions. It's got a nice menu
kind of thing with options for reading/listing filesystems, picking your
boot partition, etc. And, I understand it. That's always a good thing.
--
Chris Lumens - chris@slackware.com - KG6CIH
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