Compaq DS10 User Manual

Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer  66 

ECG513/0100 

$ cd /var/tmp/Linux 
$ ftp ftp.digital.com 
login: ftp 
Password: user@ 
ftp> bin 
ftp> cd /pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Images/ 
ftp> get generic-up-2.2.12.img 
ftp> quit 

2. Insert a blank, formatted floppy into the computer, and copy the BOOT kernel to it: 

$ dd if=generic-up-2.2.12.img of=/dev/fd0    

With this floppy in hand, you are now prepared to begin the installation process on your 
AlphaServer or AlphaStation. 

After powering up your AlphaServer or AlphaStation 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. 

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: 

OpenVMS PALcode V1.61-22, Digital UNIX PALcode V1.54-20 
FF.FE.FD.FC.FB.FA.F9.F8.F7.F6.F5.F3.F2.F1.F0.EF.EE.ED.EC.EB.EA.E9.F4.E8.E
7.E6.E5.E4. 
 COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 Console V5.5-7 
        built on Jul 22 1999 at 11:10:07 
>>> 

2. Determine what devices your system has installed. In particular you will need to note your 

installation device (a floppy and/or CD-ROM), and your target disk drive. Entering the 
command "show devices" as shown below will print out the information about your system: 

>>>show device 
dka0.0.0.6.1               DKA0                       RZ2CC-KA  5520 
dka100.1.0.6.1             DKA100                     RZ2CC-KA  5520 
dqa0.0.0.107.0             DQA0        TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202B  1110     
dva0.0.0.0.0               DVA0                                
ewa0.0.0.3.1               EWA0              00-00-F8-71-53-F5 
ewb0.0.0.12.0              EWB0              00-00-F8-1E-86-8F 
pka0.7.0.6.1               PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7  5.57 
pkb0.7.0.2009.1            PKB0                  SCSI Bus ID 7  5.57 

In the output above, the first line shows that DKA0 is a hard disk, DQA0 is a CD-ROM, and 
DVA0 is a floppy drive. 

Also useful for inspecting the computer configuration is the "show config" command, as 
shown here: 

>>>show config | more