The first step in installing Red Hat Linux/Alpha is creating a boot disk; which boot disk to use depends on the hardware you have. A variety of boot disk images are available on the Red Hat Linux/Alpha CD in the images directory, along with a README containing more information about the various images which are available.
Available boot images include:
All of these images should work on machines with either VGA or TGA
based graphics boards. To create a floppy
from these images, use rawrite.exe under MS-DOS or MS-Windows (it
is available in the dosutils directory), or dd under Linux
or Unix.
Installing Red Hat Linux/Alpha requires the use of a ramdisk. Several ramdisk
images are on the Red Hat Linux/Alpha CD in the images directory. To begin the
install, boot to the MILO prompt and insert your boot disk in your
first floppy drive. Then give this command to MILO:
MILO reads the Linux kernel from your boot disk and runs it. The kernel
loads a basic system from the remainder of the floppy and runs the
installation program. If you are using the SRM console, the
command must be given to the kernel as arguments for the install to
begin properly.
Red Hat Linux/Alpha supports two varieties of hard drive partitioning:
After the install is finished and your system is fully configured, you
will be asked to reset your computer. This indicates that your system
has been successfully installed.
3.4.2 Beginning the Install
boot fd0:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1
load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1
3.4.3 Finishing Up