[NTLUG:Discuss] Resources for Linux on AlphaPC?

Kelledin kelledin+NTLUG at skarpsey.dyndns.org
Fri Nov 1 18:57:22 CST 2002


I just recently got hold of an AlphaPC 164LX (a.k.a. Aspen 
Durango II).  Debian 3.0 installed without a hitch, using kernel 
2.2.20.

Now, though, I'm trying to upgrade it to a 2.4 kernel, but I'm 
not having much luck. =(  I'd prefer to use a stock kernel, 
rather than a heavily hacked kernel from a distro provider, but 
every kernel I've tried from 2.4.16 to 2.4.19 has serious 
problems booting on this box.

I'm googling around for kernel patches, and I keep finding a fix 
here and there (none of which have really helped yet), but I'm 
having to do a great deal of work just to dig them up.  Is there 
an up-to-date, central resource for supporting Linux on the 
Alpha platform?  I've tried alphalinux.org, but a great deal of 
their stuff appears to be outdated...

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"




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