AXP Installation with an Old MILO Version (2.0.35)
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Applies to
SuSE Linux AXP: Version 7.1
Symptom:
You want to install SuSE Linux AXP on your Alpha computer via ARC-Firmware or Alpha-BIOS
using MILO, but MILO does not start on your machine.
Cause:
The old MILO version is the only one that works with some mainboards.
Solution:
The use of MILO 2.0.35 is merely a fallback solution. Therefore, please follow these instructions
only if booting with MILO 2.2 does not work on your system.
- First create a boot floppy disk and an install disk. The disk images are available in the
directory unsorted/disks-2.0 on CD 1. In order to create the floppy disks, you can
use rawrite or dd as described in section 2.7.1, page 50, and section 2.7.2, page 51
of the reference manual. The boot floppy disk must be created specifically for your mainboard.
Use table 2.1 on pp. 14-16 as a reference to find out which disk image is suitable for your mainboard.
The installation disk is represented by the file install.
- If you are running ARC-BIOS, set the parameters in the BIOS settings as follows:
Loadidentifier=Linux_Boot_From_Floppy
SystemPartition=multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)
OsLoader=multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)\xxxxxxx
OsLoadPartition=multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)
OsLoadFilename=\milo
OsLoadOptions=boot scd0:/etc/vm_full.gz root=/dev/fd0 fake_initrd
\xxxxxxx stands either for \ldmilo.exe for UX boards
(Ruffian) or for \linload.exe for all other boards.
Please replace scd0: with the device name of your CD-ROM drive if necessary.
- If you are running Alpha-BIOS, please set the parameters in the BIOS settings as follows:
Boot Name Boot_Linux_From_Floppy
Boot File A:\xxxxxxx
OS Path CD: \
OS Options: boot scd0:/etc/vm_full.gz root=/dev/fd0 fake_initrd
\xxxxxxx stands either for \ldmilo.exe for UX boards
(Ruffian) or for \linload.exe for all other boards.
- Now insert the boot floppy disk and select the new boot option after you have rebooted.
The system boots from the floppy disk and starts the kernel.
- The kernel will prompt you to insert a new floppy disk: remove the boot disk and
insert the installation disk you have previously created.
- The installation disk will be read and linuxrc will be started.
- After the installation has been completed, please insert the first of the
floppies created in the first step in your floppy drive and copy the two MILO
files on it to your FAT partition (usually /boot).
mcopy a:* /boot
Please check the entries in ARC Firmware or AlphaBIOS that deal with the location
of linload.exe and milo.
Keywords: AXP, MILO, INSTALLATION
Categories:
MILO
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