[NTLUG:Discuss] Alphaserver 2100

[comcast]

Goodness... didn't realize I'd get so much information on this - thank you
everybody!
After pondering the OS decision, I realized I hadn't looked in the most
important place - close to home.
Turns out Gentoo has an Alpha port, along with their usual excellent install
documentation.  I'm going to give it a shot,
and if it doesn't work, go with FreeBSD.
Thanks again
Collin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Marvin" <kevinntlug at imagereturn.com>
To: "'NTLUG Discussion List'" <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:34 PM
Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Alphaserver 2100


> :)
>
> It was less than 10 years ago, and to be fair they were a good small /
> medium biz machine if you were running a VMS or TruUnix app.  When I got
my
> hands on them and installed NT, they were a bit long in the tooth, but to
us
> intel folks quite a novelty.  My 433 isnt very fast at all, but I blame
that
> in part on the drives in the box and what I was using it for.  Your 4-way
> still has quite a bit of compute power, and makes a great conversation
piece
> when folks mistake it for a fridge ;)
>
> All in all, you got a good box, mon frer.  Install, fight with it, and
have
> fun.
>
> - Kevin
>
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> Of comcast
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>
> So I'm imagining that back in the day (10 years ago) these things were the
> cream of the crop?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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Behalf
> Of Kevin Marvin
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 12:56 PM
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> Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Alphaserver 2100
>
> Collin:
>
> I have worked with the DEC 2100 before, but only ran NT on it.  I do have,
> however, a DEC PW 433 at home that I run an older Red Hat distro on from
> time to time.
>
> Finding software for your platform will not be easy, but I would suggest
you
> start with http://www.alphalinux.org/ and take a look there.  The part of
> the install that gave me the most trouble was the bootloader, which is in
> effect separate from the LILO / GRUB loaders.  I know that Alpha based
> releases of different distro's exist, and Red Hat has maintained theirs
for
> some time (although I don't know if they do currently support it).
>
> Understand that outside of the base packages you will have to compile
> everything, but that 2100 that you have will make a fine server.  It wont
be
> terribly fast, but it will be capable of handling plenty of load.
>
> Just pray it doesn't break, parts are not cheap for it :)
>
> If you have any other questions, or need a hand, let me know.
>
> - Kevin
>
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> Of comcast
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 11:21 AM
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> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Alphaserver 2100
>
>
>
> Hey,
> I just purchased a Compaq Alphaserver 2100 and was wondering if anybody
has
> any experience with these, or basically... any advice as to what to do
with
> it.  From what I've gathered it's a 4 processor DEC Alpha based system
with
> 275MHz CPU's.  I've some some various reports of running Redhat 7.1/2 on
> these machines, but the majority of OS's that are reported as running are
> Digital Unix, Tru64 Unix. FreeBSD and OpenVMS.  I've never owned a server
> before and any advice or knowledge that anybody has would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Thanks in advance,
> Collin.=
>
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