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Installation Guide January 2000 ECG513/0100 , revision 1.2. 10 Compaq Computer Corporation Contents: EXTENDED TABLE OF CO NTENTS ........ 2 INTRODUCTION ....................................... 7 OVERVIEW OF INSTALLA TION .............. 8 COMPAQ ALPHASERVER D S10 .
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 2 ECG513/0100 Extended Table of Contents EXTENDED TABLE OF CO NTENTS ................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION ........................................
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 3 ECG513/0100 Software Installation ........................................................................................................................... 26 Disk Partitioning ...........
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 4 ECG513/0100 Pre - Installation ................................................................................................................................... 56 Creating The BOOT and RAMDISK Floppies .
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 5 ECG513/0100 Reusing a previously installed hard drive ............................................................................................ 80 TLZ07 and TLZ09 Errata .................
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 6 ECG513/0100 Notice The information in this publicatio n is subject to change without notice and is provided “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION REMAINS WITH RECIPIENT.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 7 ECG513/0100 Introduction The purpose of this guide is to discuss the basics of installation and configuration of the Linux operating system on the Compaq AlphaServer DS10, DS20 , DS20E , ES40 and AlphaStation XP1000 computers.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 8 ECG513/0100 Overview of Installation The process of installing Linux on your Compaq AlphaServ er or AlphaStation follows these general steps: 1. Creation of BOOT and RAMDISK floppies. 2. Firmware revision inspection and upgrade.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 9 ECG513/0100 Compaq AlphaServer DS10 Hardware Options Tested Saleable Hardware Options Tested sale able hardware options for the DS10 is outlined in Table 1 . All of the systems used come equipped with standard bus - interface devices for which drivers already exist for Linux.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 10 ECG513/0100 F or Alpha Systems Supported Options List: http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/products/options.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 11 ECG513/0100 $ cd /var/tmp/Linux $ ftp ftp.digital.com login: ftp Password: user@ ftp> bin ftp> cd /pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Images/ ftp> get generic-up-2.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 12 ECG513/0100 dka100.1.0.3000.0 DKA100 RZ1CF-CF 1614 dka200.2.0.3000.0 DKA200 COMPAQ BB00911CA0 3B05 dka300.3.0.3000.0 DKA300 COMPAQ BB00911CA0 3B05 dqa0.0.0.13.0 DQA0 TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B 1017 dva0.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 13 ECG513/0100 When configuring "Timezones", do not select "Hardware clock set to GMT", nor "Startup through ARC console". Instead select "EST" for the timezone, or the value that is appropriate for your location.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 14 ECG513/0100 11. Type “ p ” to print the partition table and verify no partitions exist 12. Type “ n ” to add a new BSD partition – the boot partition in this case 13. Type “ a ” for partition a.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 15 ECG513/0100 45. Tab to DONE an d press ENTER . For further information on creating partitions please refer to the Installation Guide provided by the software distribution vendor.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 16 ECG513/0100 SuSE Version 6.1 Distribution Pre - Installation Creating The BOOT and RAMDISK Floppies Before you can begin to install the Linux software on your AlphaServer, you will need to crea te a BOOT floppy and RAMDISK.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 17 ECG513/0100 2. Insert a blank, formatted floppy into the computer, and copy the BOOT kernel to it: $ dd if=/cdrom/disks/aboot of=/dev/fd0 3.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 18 ECG513/0100 eid0.0.0.2007.0 EID0 00-50-8B-6F-38-85 ewa0.0.0.9.0 EWA0 08-00-2B-86-1F-64 ewb0.0.0.11.0 EWB0 08-00-2B-86-1F-63 ewc0.0.0.3002.0 EWC0 00-06-2B-00-0A-5C pka0.7.0.3000.0 PKA0 SCSI Bus ID 7 pkb0.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 19 ECG513/0100 window titled "Partition Hard Drives". At this point, press the ALT+F2 keys, which will change the display to show a shell - command prompt. At this prompt, type the command " fdisk " followed by the enter key.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 20 ECG513/0100 12. Type “ n ” to add a new BSD partition – the boot partition in this case 13. Type “ a ” for partition a. 14. First cylinder: Type “ 1 ”. 15. Last cylinder: Type “ 2 ”.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 21 ECG513/0100 For further information on creating partitions please refer to the Installation Guide provided by the software distribution vendor. At this point, the partitions have been created, and the system must be rebooted.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 22 ECG513/0100 number (I.e. mkswap /dev/sda3 or mkswap /dev/hda3.) Thi s is required to work around a problem of the swap. 3. Mount the floppy disk to copy the kernel from the floppy to the /boot/ directory on the system disk.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 23 ECG513/0100 Compaq AlphaServer DS20 Hardware Options Tested Saleable Hardware Options Tested saleable hardware options for the DS20 is outlined in Table 1 . All of the systems used come equipped with standard bus - interface devices for which drivers already exist for Linux.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 24 ECG513/0100 Red Hat V ersion 6.0 Distribution Pre - Installation Creating The BOOT Floppy Before you can begin to install the Linux software on your AlphaServer or AlphaStation, you will need to create a BOOT floppy.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 25 ECG513/0100 Password: user@ ftp> bin ftp> cd /pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Images/ ftp> get generic-smp-2.2.12.img ftp> quit 2. Insert a blank, formatted floppy into the computer, and copy the BOOT kernel to it: $ dd if=generic-smp-2.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 26 ECG513/0100 Also useful for inspecting the computer configur ation is the "show config" command, as shown here: P00>>> show config | more 3. Configure the system SRM parameters to boot from your installation device.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 27 ECG513/0100 c: 4272048 229152 swap # (Cyl. 29 - 550) d: 3871032 4501200 ext2 # (Cyl. 551 - 1023) We strongly recommend the following multi.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 28 ECG513/0100 22. First cylinder: Type “ 29 ”. 23. Last cylinder: Type “ 550 ”. 24. Type “ n ” to add a new BSD partition – the /usr partition in this case. 25. Type “ d ” for partition d.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 29 ECG513/0100 P00>>> set boot_file 2/boot/vmlinux.gz P00>>> set bootdef_dev dka0 P00>>> set boot_osflags "root=/dev/sda2" P00>>> boot dva0 -fi vmlinux.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 30 ECG513/0100 4. Copy the file " disks install" from the CD - ROM to the Linux directory on the PC.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 31 ECG513/0100 Power up your system. After several diagnostics are completed, you will be presented an SRM prompt " P00 >>>&quo.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 32 ECG513/0100 Software Installation SuSE ’s installation program is flexible. While it allows for autodetection of devices and autoload of device drivers, it allows you to override the automatically configured parameters.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 33 ECG513/0100 4. If there is partition information already configured for the disk, you will need to delete it using the “ d ” option. Please be sure that you want to zero out this drive.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 34 ECG513/0100 35. Enter “ 8 ” for ext2 type. 36. Type “ t ” to change the partitions filesystem id. 37. Type “ c ” for partition c – swap partitions use a “swap” code. 38. Enter “ 1 ” for swap type.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 35 ECG513/0100 system.map - incorrect version This warning indicates that the kernel version that you installed (i.e. the latest versio n that you copied from Compaq's ftp site) was not built at the same time as the rest of the kernel.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 36 ECG513/0100 Compaq AlphaServer DS20E Hardware Options Tested Saleable Hardware Options Tested saleable hard ware options for the DS20E is outlined in Table 1 . All of the systems used come equipped with standard bus - interface devices for which drivers already exist for Linux.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 37 ECG513/0100 Red Hat Version 6.0 Distribution Pre - Installation Creating The BOOT Floppy Before you can begin to install the Linux software on your AlphaServer or AlphaStation, you will nee d to create a BOOT floppy.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 38 ECG513/0100 Password: user@ ftp> bin ftp> cd /pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Images/ ftp> get generic-smp-2.2.12.img ftp> quit 2. Insert a blank, formatted floppy into the computer, and copy the BOOT kernel to it: $ dd if=generic-smp-2.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 39 ECG513/0100 In the output above, the first line shows that DKA0 is a hard disk, DQA0 is a CD - ROM, and DVA0 is a floppy drive. Also useful for inspecting the computer configuration is the "show config" command, as shown here: P00>>> show config | more 3.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 40 ECG513/0100 b: 212784 16368 ext2 # (Cyl. 3 - 28) c: 4272048 229152 swap # (Cyl. 29 - 550) d: 3871032 4501200 ext2 # (Cyl.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 41 ECG513/0100 21. Type “ c ” for partition c. 22. First cylinder: Type “ 29 ”. 23. Last cylinder: Type “ 550 ”. 24. Type “ n ” to add a new BSD partition – t he /usr partition in this case.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 42 ECG513/0100 You need to enter these commands, such that the drive reference on the second line needs to refer to the drive which you installed to: P00>>> set boot_file 2/boot/vmlinux.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 43 ECG513/0100 4. Copy the file "aboot_dualncr - qlogic" from ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Linux - Alpha/Images/ to the Linux directory on the PC and rename the file to aboot.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 44 ECG513/0100 System Re source Manager Configuration There are several pieces of information that you need to configure in the SRM subsystem, as well as device identifiers that you should make note of, prior to beginning the installation process.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 45 ECG513/0100 Boot the system using the "boot" command. The result should be that the system boots from the floppy. You will eventually be prompted to replace the BOOT floppy with the RAMDISK floppy.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 46 ECG513/0100 A /usr partition – The /usr partition is where the software of the system resides. This partition should use all of the space left on the hard drive. To perform the partitioning operation on the disk, when prompted, follow these steps: 1.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 47 ECG513/0100 29. Type “ t ” to change the partitions filesy stem id. 30. Type “ a ” for partition a – boot partitions use a “boot” code. 31. Type “ L ” to list the codes you can use.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 48 ECG513/0100 the floppy or CD - ROM. You should now be at the SRM prompt, "P00>>>".
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 49 ECG513/0100 Compaq Al phaServer ES40 Hardware Options Tested Saleable Hardware Options Tested saleable hardware options for the ES40 is outlined in Table 1 . All of the systems used come equipped with standard bus - interface de vices for which drivers already exist for Linux.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 50 ECG513/0100 For Alpha Systems Supported Options List: http://www.digital.com/al phaserver/products/options.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 51 ECG513/0100 $ cd /var/tmp/Linux $ ftp ftp.digital.com login: ftp Password: user@ ftp> bin ftp> cd /pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Images/ ftp> get generic-smp-2.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 52 ECG513/0100 bus 0, slot 1 -- vga -- ELSA GLoria Synergy bus 0, slot 15 -- dqa -- Acer Labs M1543C IDE bus 0, slot 15 -- dqb -- Acer Labs M.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 53 ECG513/0100 3. Configure the system SRM parameters to boot from your installation device.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 54 ECG513/0100 We strongly recommend the following multi - partition layout: A boot partition – A boot partition is used to reserved the first 2 cylinders (1 - 2) to write the bootloader in order to boot the disk from SRM.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 55 ECG513/0100 24. Type “ n ” to add a new BSD partition – the /usr partition in this case. 25. Type “ d ” for partition d. 26. First cylinder: Type “ 8201 ”. 27. Last cylinder: Type “ 17365 ” ; last cylinder - one.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 56 ECG513/0100 P00>>> boot dva0 –fi vmlinux.gz Note - When the system boots, you may see a series of warnings similar to the following: system.map - incorrect version Thi s warning indicates that the kernel version that you installed (i.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 57 ECG513/0100 7. Run the following command from the DOS command shell: C: Linux> rawrite Enter sourc e file name: aboot Enter destination drive: a Label this floppy "AlphaServer Linux BOOT Floppy".
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 58 ECG513/0100 initialized idle PCB initializing semaphores initializing heap initial heap 200c0 memory low limit = 166000 heap = 200c0, 17fc.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 59 ECG513/0100 AlphaServer ES40 Console V5.5-68, built on Jul 21 1999 at 17:02:39 P00>>> 2. Determine what devices your system has installed. In particular you will need to note your installation device (a floppy and/or CD - ROM), and your target disk drive.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 60 ECG513/0100 automatically after all of the software components are installed on the disk.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 61 ECG513/0100 8. Type “ p ” to print the partition table. You should see a “c” partition that takes up the whole disk. This will hav e to be removed to install Linux correctly 9. Type “ d ” to delete a BSD partition 10.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 62 ECG513/0100 41. Enter “ 8 ” for ext2 type. 42. Type “ p ” to print the partition table – Please verify all your sett ings. 43. Type “ w ” to write the disklabel to the disk. 44.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 63 ECG513/0100 1. Type: swriteboot -f1 /dev/TdZ /boot/bootlx (where T is the type of drive, s for SCSI or h for IDE; and Z is the letter of the drive you are booting; ex: dka0=sda, dqa0=hda) 2.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 64 ECG513/0100 Compaq AlphaStation XP1000 Hardware Options Tested Saleable Hardware Options Tested saleable hardware options for the XP1000 is outlined in Table 1 . All of the systems used come equipped with standard bus - interface devices for which drivers already exist for Linux.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 65 ECG513/0100 For Alpha Systems Supported Options List: http:/ /www.digital.com/alphaserver/products/options.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 66 ECG513/0100 $ cd /var/tmp/Linux $ ftp ftp.digital.com login: ftp Password: user@ ftp> bin ftp> cd /pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Images/ ftp> get generic-up-2.2.12.img ftp> quit 2. Insert a blank, formatted floppy into the computer, and copy the BOOT kernel to it: $ dd if=generic-up-2.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 67 ECG513/0100 3. Configure the system SRM parameters to boot from your installation device.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 68 ECG513/0100 We strongly recommend the following multi - partition layout: A boot partition – A boot partition is used to reserved the first 2 cylinders (1 - 2) to write the bootloader in order to boot the disk from SRM.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 69 ECG513/0100 24. Type “ n ” to add a new BSD partition – the /usr partition in this case. 25. Type “ d ” for partition d. 26. First cylinder: Type “ 551 ”. 27. Last cylinder: Type “ 1023 ” ; last cylinder - on e.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 70 ECG513/0100 >>> boot dva0 -fi vmlinux.gz Note - When the system boots, you may see a series of warnings similar to the following: system.map - incorrect version This warning indic ates that the kernel version that you installed (i.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 71 ECG513/0100 7. Run the following command from the DOS command shell: C: Linux> rawrite Enter source file name: aboot Enter destination drive: a Label this floppy "AlphaStation Linux BOOT Floppy".
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 72 ECG513/0100 OpenVMS PALcode V1.61-22, Digital UNIX PALcode V1.54-20 FF.FE.FD.FC.FB.FA.F9.F8.F7.F6.F5.F3.F2.F1.F0.EF.EE.ED.EC.EB.EA.E9.F4.E8.E 7.E6.E5.E4. COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000 Console V5.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 73 ECG513/0100 The software installation process requires that the system be rebooted at two critical places in the process.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 74 ECG513/0100 6. If you completed the last step correctly, you should see the following: “/tmp/sda contains no disklabel. Do you want to create a disklabel? (y/n)” – Answer Y . 7. Type “ m ” for more help.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 75 ECG513/0100 39. Type “ t ” to change the partitions filesystem id. 40. Type “ d ” for partition d – /usr partitions use a “ext2” code. 41. Enter “ 8 ” for ext2 type. 42. Type “ p ” to print the partition table – Please verify all your settings.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 76 ECG513/0100 This warning indicates that the kernel version that you installed (i.e. the latest version that you copied from Compaq's ftp site) was not built at the same time as the rest of the kernel.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 77 ECG513/0100 Appendix A Linux Links This is a partial list of available links. If you would like to submit additional sites, please e - mail to the author at chris.stewart@compaq.com . Every attempt will be made to include pertinent sites in future document revisions.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 78 ECG513/0100 Appendix B AlphaServer Configurations Compaq AlphaServer DS10 • Uni Processor Alpha 21264 6/466MHz • 2MB L2 Cache • 2GB .
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 79 ECG513/0100 Appendix C SCSI and IDE Configurations SCSI Only Depending on the configuration, your internal driv es may be either dkax or dkbx - where x is the value assigned by the SRM console (i.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 80 ECG513/0100 7. Type “ m ” for more help. 8. Type “ p ” to print the partition table. You should see a “c” partition that takes up the whole disk. This will have to be re moved to install Linux correctly 9.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 81 ECG513/0100 Glossary A Availability - Refers to the amount of time that an application is available to perform work, typically measured in percentage of uptime. B Bootstrap – The act of passing control over a computer to an operating system following system power - up.
Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 82 ECG513/0100 YaST – The setup and configuration utility provided by SuSE for their Linux distribution.
An important point after buying a device Compaq DS10 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Compaq DS10 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Compaq DS10 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Compaq DS10 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Compaq DS10 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Compaq DS10, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Compaq DS10.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Compaq DS10. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Compaq DS10 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
