Need HELP!!!!!

[Dbest]

Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Read Hat Alpha 7.2 on a Alpha processor powered PC. The problem is I don't know how to start. I already have the cd' s but I just can't get the PC to boot from the bios since it doesn't give me the option of doing so on the Alpha Bios. If anyone has experience with this please help me. I've been trying for 2 pr 3 days and nothing. Any help would be appreciated .

PS. I'm trying to boot from a diskette right know, will let you know how that goes. BTW it has MILO bootloader installed, and a previous Red Hat I think 6 or something.

[eagle1]

Hi DBest.

Check if this link helps you out:

http://jamesthornton.com/redhat/7.0/...n-Guide-Alpha/

[eagle1]

Also... from that page:

MILO Is Not Supported

As a resource for the Linux and Alpha communities, information that might be useful for MILO users is provided in Appendix A. Before you use MILO to boot your Alpha, however, you should realize that MILO is not supported by Red Hat, Inc..

ANd Appendix A:

http://jamesthornton.com/redhat/7.0/...a/ch-milo.html

[Dbest]

Yeah I already read that, anyway thnks for the help eagle1 . I'm gonna try putting Windows NT on it let's see how it goes.

[eagle1]

So... do you want to delete the boot loader?
If that's one of the things you want (apart from installing the linux distro ) you can try and see if the fdisk /mbr command works and deletes the master boot record.
You can use a Win98se boot disk for that. You can find one in

http://www.bootdisk.com

[Dbest]

Well thanks for all the help. I just managed to installe RH 7.2 in some Alpha based workstations, just followed RH Howto http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...install-guide/
, if someone needs the help. Thanks for the help eagle1 . I'm still trying to installe it on the machine with aMILO installed, I'll let you know how it goes.

[Dbest]

Umm if anyone could help me with this also I'd appreciated.
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t69491.html