Alpha Linux

[gelinas at zk3.dec.com (Mark Gelinas)]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 07:42:09PM -0500, Howard S Shubs wrote:
> I got a DEC 3000 M700 box, so I ordered RedHat Linux 7 for Alpha.  When
> it came, I tried to install it to no useful effect.
> 
> I called RedHat.  Their response was for me to upgrade from 6.2.  As I'm
> not about to download a CD-ROM image through a 56K link, I need to find
> a CD-ROM somewhere.  I have one coming from CheapBytes, but that's going
> to take a week, and I have a weekend here to get this set up.
> 
> Can anyone loan me one, or sell me one cheap?
> -- 
> Howard S Shubs
> "Run in circles, scream and shout!"  "I hope you have good backups!"
> 
Howard,

RedHat should have told you this when you called, but evidently they
didn't - the DEC 3000 series of Alpha systems are TurboChannel-based,
and are not supported by any Linux distribution at this time.  You may
want to look into BSD/BSD - they do support that class of system.

URLs:

  FreeBSD - http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/alpha.html
  NetBSD  - http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/alpha/
  OpenBSD - http://www.openbsd.org/alpha.html

MarkG
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