Red Hat Linux 6.1 The Official Red Hat Linux Alpha/SPARC Installation Addendum Copyright © 1999 by Red Hat, Inc. Table of Contents Preface An Overview of this Manual How to Provide Feedback 1. Information Specific to Red Hat Linux/Alpha Introduction Installation Overview Disk Space Required for Alpha Installations Support for Specific Hardware Testing Non-Listed Hardware Support Terminology Alpha Systems SCSI Adapters Network Interface Cards CD-ROM Devices Video Cards Sound Cards Mice Modems/FaxModems ISDN Adapters Cable Modems Printers Scanners Choosing Diskette Images Writing an Image File to a Diskette Creating a Boot Diskette Creating a MILO Diskette Creating a RAM Disk Diskette MILO Installations Setting up ARC for Installation Setting up AlphaBIOS for Installation MILO User Interface Booting with MILO Disk Partitioning Installation Installing MILO to the Hard Drive Post-Installation Setup MILO Autoboot SRM Installations Pre-Installation Information SRM Variables SRM Disk Images Booting the Installer SRM Disk Partitioning SRM Installation Process Post-Installation Boot Setup SRM Autoboot Troubleshooting an SRM Installation 2. Information Specific to Red Hat Linux/SPARC Supported Hardware Installation Overview Console Commands RAM Disk-Based Installation Criteria Preparing to Use an NFS-Mounted Root Choosing a Boot Method Booting From Diskette Booting From CD-ROM Booting From the Network Choosing an Installation Method CD-ROM Installation FTP Installation NFS Installation Hard Disk Installation HTTP Installation Installation Using a Serial Terminal SILO Configuration Partitioning Index     Next     Preface