
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 11
ECG513/0100
After booting, the installation program begins by displaying the language screen. Using the
mouse point and click on the next button. The GUI is easy to follow. If you decided to install the
X Window System, the amount of video RAM available on the Elsa Gloria Card is 8
megabytes. Please refer to the Red Hat Installation guide for further details.
Post-Installation
System Resource Manager Configuration
After the software has been loaded to the disk, the system will attempt to reboot. Before it begins
the bootup process, press the front panel reset button. This will stop the bootup process, and
allow you to make the final configuration changes to be able to boot directly from the disk,
instead of the floppy or CD-ROM. You should now be at the SRM prompt, ">>>". Enter the
following commands to finalize the configuration.
You need to enter these commands, such that the drive reference on the second line needs to refer
to the drive which you installed to:
>>>set boot_file
>>>set bootdef_dev dka0
(or whatever device you installed on. It could also be dqa0 for an
IDE drive. See Appendix C for further information on systems with
IDE controllers.)
>>>set boot_osflags 0
At the SRM prompt, you can now boot directly from the hard drive.
>>>boot
SuSE Version 6.3 Distribution
Firmware Inspection and Upgrade
After powering up your AlphaServer computer, type the command "show version". Check that
the version string printed is "V5.4-2 May 19 1999 14:25:16" or newer, and that the first letter of
the version string is a "V". If this is not the case, you should upgrade your firmware. Instructions
on how to do this can be found at http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/ along with
the latest firmware images.
System Resource Manager Configuration
There are several pieces of information that you need to configure in the SRM subsystem, as well
as device identifiers that you should make note of, prior to beginning the installation process. The
steps that follow take you through that process.
1. Power up your system. After several diagnostics are completed, you will be presented an
SRM prompt ">>>", as shown here:
1024 Meg of system memory
probing hose 0, PCI
probing PCI-to-ISA bridge, bus 1
probing PCI-to-PCI bridge, bus 2
probing PCI-to-PCI bridge, bus 3
bus 0, slot 9 -- ewa -- DE500-BA Network Controller
bus 0, slot 11 -- ewb -- DE500-BA Network Controller
bus 0, slot 13 -- dqa -- Acer Labs M1543C IDE
bus 0, slot 13 -- dqb -- Acer Labs M1543C IDE
bus 0, slot 14 -- vga -- ELSA GLoria Synergy
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