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Installation Guide
January 2000
ECG513/0100 , revision 1.2. 10
Linux Installation and
Compaq Computer Corporation
Configuration Guide
for AlphaServer DS10,
DS20, DS20E, ES40,
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and AlphaStation
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XP1000 Computers
TION .............. 8
The purpose of this guide is to
S10 ............. 9
provide the basic installation and
configuration guidelines for the Linux
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operating system on AlphaServer DS10,
, DS2
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 2 Extended EXTENDED TABLE OF CO ................................ ................................ ... 2 ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 7 ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 7 ................................ ................................ ..............................
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 3 ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 26 ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 26 - ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 28 ..............................
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 4 Pre - ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 56 ................................ ................................ ................. 56 ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 57 ................................ ................................ ........................ 57
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 5 ................................ ................................ ............................ 80 ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 80 GLOSSARY ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 81 ECG513/0100 and TLZ09 Errata TLZ07 Reusing a previously installed hard drive
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 6 Notice The information in this publicatio The limited warranti es for Compaq products are exclusively set forth in the documentation accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting a further or additional warranty. This publication does not constitute an endorsement of the product or pr oducts that were tested. The configuration or configurations tested or described may or may not be the only a
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 7 Introduction , DS20E , • • SuSE Red Hat . S uSE SuSE ECG513/0100 software version! SuSE document does not accurately reflect proceedures and requirements for any other This . The distribution used in the creation of this document was 6.1. www.suse.com http:// , Inc. and is available through its website located at the United States. It is maintained by is one of the most popular distributions o
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 8 Overview of Installation ECG513/0100 and distribution vendor. The sections that follow discuss each of the above steps in more detail, specific to each platform Post installation configuration. 6. d software. SRM reconfiguration for booting the installe 5. Linux software installation and configuration. 4. SRM configuration for installation. 3. Firmware revision inspection and upgrade. 2. Creation of BOOT a
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 9 Compaq AlphaServer DS10 Tested Saleable Hardware Options 1 . - bus - - Table 1 . Tested Saleable Options List - - - - CA - - DA - - - - DS - - VW DS - RZ1DD - WA DS - RZ1DD - VW DS - - WA - - DS - - VW DS - - VW DS - - WA DS - - VW - DA . - CA - CB SI, 1CH, Diff. - - - For up - - ECG513/0100 http://www.digital.com/info/SOHOME/ For Alpha Systems QuickSpecs: s
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 10 F - Installation Creating The BOOT Floppy : Our experience has shown that the vendor supplied floppy images sometimes do not work properly. You are therefore encouraged to create your own BOOT floppy using the images available over the Internet, as described in the sections that follow. \ - - up.2.2.12 - \ \ - \ \ a $ mkdir /var/tmp/Linux ECG513/0100 Copy the generic kernel imag
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 11 $ 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 $ dd if=generic - up - 2.2.12 .img of=/dev/fd0 Firmware Inspection and Upgrade - Sy stem Resource Manager Configuration 1024 Meg of system memory probing hose 0, PCI probing PCI - to - ISA bridge, bus 1 probing PCI - to - PCI bridge, bus
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 12 dka100.1.0.3000.0 DKA100 RZ1CF - CF 1614 dka200. 2.0.3000.0 DKA200 COMPAQ BB00911CA0 3B05 dka300.3.0.3000.0 DKA300 COMPAQ BB00911CA0 3B05 dqa0.0.0.13.0 DQA0 TOSHIBA CD - ROM XM - 6302B 1017 dva0.0.0.0.0 DVA0 eia0.0.0.2004.0 EIA0 00 - 50 - 8B - 6F - 62 - AA eib0.0.0.
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 13 Disk Partitioning - - rs can be - 4 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 16368 0 boot # (Cyl. 1 - 2) b: 212784 16368 ext2 # (Cyl. 3 - 28) c: 4272048 229152 swap # ( Cyl. 29 - 550) d: 3871032 4501200 ext2 # (Cyl. 551 - 1023) - – - 2) – . Always starts at a root 3 . – A /usr – Arr m p d 5.
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 14 p n – boot a 1 ”. 2 ”. n – / b 3 ”. 28 ”. n – swap c 29 ”. 550 ”. n – /usr d 551 ”. 1023 ” ; la s t cylin d er - one. Do NOT accept the program g of "1024" here, because of possible disk corruption. p – t a – boot partitions use a “ L d ” for t b ” for p – / ( ) partitions use a “ 8 ” for t c – 1 t d – /usr 8 p – w q ECG513/0100 ” to quit. Type “
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 15 Tab to DONE an ENTER . Post - Installation System Resource Manager Configuration or CD - >>> set boot_file 2/boot/vmlinux.gz >>> set bootdef_dev dka0 IDE drive. See Appendix C for further information on systems with IDE controllers.) >>> set boot_osflag s "root=/dev/ sda 2 " >>> boot dva0 - fi vmlinux.gz - system.map - swriteboot – f1 /dev/TdZ /boot/bootlx 0 = ) . mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/f
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 16 SuSE - Installation Creating The BOOT and RAMDISK Floppies te a \ - C - \ \ - - \ . \ \ - \ \ a \ a UNIX , - $ mount /cdrom ECG513/0100 ROM into the computer, and mount it: he Linux CD Insert t 1. systems. UNIX and should be similar to most other popular UNIX variations in the process may be required. The exact commands shown here are for Digital version of unix and vendor
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 17 $ dd if=/cdrom/disks/aboot of=/dev/fd0 $ dd if=/cdrom/disks/install of=/dev/fd0 - Firmware Inspection and Upgrade - System Resource Manager Configuration 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
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 18 eid0.0.0.2007.0 EID0 00 - 50 - 8B - 6F - 38 - 85 ewa0.0.0.9.0 EWA0 08 - 00 - 2B - 86 - 1F - 64 ewb0.0.0.11.0 EWB0 08 - 00 - 2B - 86 - 1F - 63 ewc0.0.0.3002.0 EWC0 00 - 06 - 2B - 00 - 0A - 5C pka0.7.0.3000.0 PKA0 SCSI Bus ID 7 pkb0.7.0.3001.0 PKB0 SCSI Bus ID 7 - ROM,
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 19 - - 27 - - 4 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 16368 0 boot # (Cyl. 1 - 2) b: 212784 16368 ext2 # (Cyl. 3 - 28) c: 4272048 229152 swap # (Cyl. 29 - 550) d: 3871032 4501200 ext2 # (C yl. 551 - 1023) - – - – 3 . – swap partiti A /usr – m p d 5. Type “ b – Y . m p d c p ECG513/0100
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Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 20 n – boot a 1 ”. 2 ”. n n – / b 3 ”. 28 ”. n – swap c 29 ”. : 550 ”. n – /usr d 551 ”. 1023 ” ; last cylinder - one. Do NOT accept the program generated default of "1024" here, because of possible disk corruption. p – e “ t a – boot L d t b – / 8 t c – 1 t d ” for p – /usr 8 p – w q ECG513/0100 ” to quit. Type “ 44. ” to write the disklabel to the disk. T
