Choosing Disk Images

To install Red Hat Linux on an Alpha using MILO, you may need to create as many as three diskettes. It depends on whether you already have a hard disk install of MILO that is capable of loading a kernel and initial RAMdisk from CD-ROM or not. If not, then you need to create at least a MILO image diskette. A boot image diskette and a RAM disk diskette are necessary only if no local CD-ROM is available or you are using a MILO that doesn't support initial RAMdisk. Note that you may need additional diskettes if your machine has hardware that requires additional drivers that are not contained in the kernel or initial RAMdisk. See the Release Notes on the CD-ROM for information about when this might be necessary or desireable.

To create a boot image file diskette from the boot image file on CD-ROM 1: images/generic.img. You will also need a RAM disk image made from images/ramdisk.img, also on CD-ROM 1.

The MILO images are not included on the installation CD-ROMs. You must find an appropriate image using the references in the previous section.

You will need to choose the appropriate image for your system, and write it to a diskette. If you do not know which image to choose for your system, see Table B-1. Look through the table for your machine or its alias. The appropriate MILO image (if applicable) is listed on the right.

Table B-1. MILO Images

Machine ClassModelAliasMILO Image
AlcorAS 600ALCORalcor.img
AS 500 5/5xxBRETxlt.img
XL-300XLT
XL-366XLT
XL-433XLT
Digital Alpha XLXL-233XLxl.img
XL-266XL
AvantiAS 200 4/xxxMUSTANGavanti.img
AS 205 4/xxxLX3
AS 250 4/xxxM3
AS 255 4/xxxLX3+
AS 300 4/xxxMELMAC
AS 400 4/xxxAVANTI
Digital Personal WorkstationPWS 433a, 433auMIATAmiata.img
PWS 500a, 500auMIATA
PWS 600a, 600auMIATA
MikasaAS 1000 4/xxxMIKASAmikasa.img
NonameAXPpci33NONAMEnoname.img
UDB/MultiaMULTIA
EB64+EB64+EB64+eb64p.img
AlphaPC64CABRIOLETcabriolet.img
AlphaPCI-64CABRIOLET
PC164AlphaPC164PC164pc164.img
AlphaPC164-LXLX164lx164.img
AlphaPC164-SXSX164sx164.img
EB164EB164EB164eb164.img
EB66+EB66+EB66+eb66p.img
EB66EB66EB66eb66.img
TakaraTakaraTAKARAtakara.img
RuffianAlphaPC 164UXRUFFIANruffian.img
AlphaBook1  book1.img
Platform2000  p2k.img

 

First try the MILO images based on 2.2 kernel sources. Older MILOs should be used only if the newer ones fail; in this case, you will need to use diskettes from which to boot the kernel and RAMdisk.

Refer to Appendix D for instructions on how to make diskettes from disk images. Label all three diskettes appropriately.