Hmm..
I think that it would be best to use aboot since it's
closer to the PAL code that is used for Tru64 and VMS.
MILO requires the ARC console, which has it's issues
and will soon go away. The other plus for aboot is
that the SRM console is faster than the ARC console.
For systems that don't have the SRM console, they can
install it from the firmware site at Compaq/Dec.
--- juhl@eisenstein.dk wrote:
> Ups, forgot to CC this one to the list...
>
>
> Forwarded Message:
> > To: Chris Lumens <chris@slackware.com>
> > From: juhl@eisenstein.dk
> > Subject: Re: [slackware-alphadevel]
> download server on the way!
> > Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 05:10:08 CET
> > -----
> > > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > As far as I understand it, "aboot" can only
> > run from the SRM console whereas "MILO" can
> > run from both ARC and SRM. So machines with
> > both ARC and SRM have a choice. Machines
> with
> > only SRM also have a choise while machine
> > with only ARC have to use "MILO".
> >
> > As I myself have always used the SRM
> console
> > and aboot I can't say anything about the
> > advantages of one over the other (and I
> could
> > be wrong about the ARC/SRM list above), but
> > it seems like we'll have to use MILO for
> > those machines without an SRM console. And
> to
> > make the boot experience as similar as
> > possible on all machines I suppose we ought
> > to also use MILO on the rest of the boxes
> > (although I sort of like aboot and have
> > gotten quite used to it, but it never hurts
> > to learn something new ;).
> > Giving people the choice between aboot and
> > MILO is ofcourse the optimal situation, but
> > it'll require more work to create/maintain
> > twice the number of boot disks.
> >
> >
> > -- Jesper Juhl
>
>
>
>
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