Message-ID: <D49A9E832ACAD211B35D00A0C9AC08AD40CD84@exchange1> From: Tim Duggan <tduggan@dekaresearch.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:10:28 -0400 Subject: RE: [SLE] suse on an alpha
I've moved this to the alpha list (which is where it really belongs)
> -----Original Message-----
From: Waite, Michael [SMTP:Michael.Waite@compaq.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 4:46 PM
As I said before, the only issue you are going to have is a non
supported tga driver.
I assume I can just replace it with another one that is supported
(recommendations?)
The nic by the way is a de450 or a de425.
Good question, I'll check when I get home tonight.
> > ----------
> > From: Tim Duggan[SMTP:tduggan@dekaresearch.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:23 AM
> > To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
> > Subject: [SLE] suse on an alpha
> >
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > I just picked up an old alpha (1996 vintage). It has a 21164 333MHz
> > processor on an Alcor motherboard. (The best I can figure it is a model
> > 5/333).
> > Specs:
> > 128 MB ram
> > DEC tga video cards (2)
> > 1 GB scsi HD
> > Dec network card
> > Combo net/scsi card: newtork chip is DEC, scsi is NCR (reported by bios)
> >
> >
> > To the point, has anyone heard of such a beast? If so any
> > experience/problems installing Linux on it. I'd like to run SuSE rather
> > than
> > that other OS (NT) that is there already.
> >
> > TIA
> > Tim
>
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