Note that the root filesystem better be on the first partition for it

to be bootable

Triggered by: questions on -alpha
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Wilko Bulte 2000-12-22 20:59:48 +00:00
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Author: Jordan K. Hubbard
Last updated: Wed Jul 26 07:43:37 PDT 2000
Last updated: Fri Dec 22 12:55:24 PST 2000
By: Wilko Bulte
0.0 Quick Start
@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ will need to be attached to a SCSI controller which is supported by
the SRM firmware or an IDE disk assuming the SRM in your machine
supports booting from IDE disks.
Your root filesystem MUST be the first partition (partition a) on the
disk to be bootable.
You will need the SRM console firmware for your platform. In some
cases, it is possible to switch between AlphaBIOS (or ARC) firmware
and SRM. In others it will be necessary to download new firmware from