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  • Committer: joeyh
  • Date: 2005-10-07 19:51:38 UTC
  • Revision ID: vcs-imports@canonical.com-20051007195138-c3d57b2617a79a4f
move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package

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   <sect3 arch="alpha"><title>Alpha Installation Files</title>
 
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<para>
 
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If you choose to boot from ARC console firmware using
 
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<command>MILO</command>, you will also need to prepare a disk
 
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containing <command>MILO</command> and <command>LINLOAD.EXE</command>
 
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from the provided disk images. See <xref linkend="alpha-firmware"/>
 
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for more information on Alpha
 
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firmware and boot loaders. The floppy images can be found in the
 
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<filename>MILO</filename> directory as
 
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<filename>milo_<replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable>.bin</filename>.
 
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</para><para>
 
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Unfortunately, these <command>MILO</command> images could not be
 
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tested and might not work for all subarchitectures. If you find it
 
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doesn't work for you, try copying the appropriate
 
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<command>MILO</command> binary onto the floppy
 
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(<ulink url="&disturlftp;main/disks-alpha/current/MILO/"></ulink>).
 
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Note that those <command>MILO</command>s don't support ext2 <quote>sparse
 
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superblocks</quote>, so you can't use them to load kernels from newly
 
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generated ext2 file systems. As a workaround, you can put your kernel
 
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onto the FAT partition next to the <command>MILO</command>.
 
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</para><para>
 
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<command>MILO</command> binaries are platform-specific.  See
 
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<xref linkend="alpha-cpus"/> to determine the appropriate
 
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<command>MILO</command> image for your Alpha platform.
 
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</para>
 
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   </sect3>