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Alpha Miniloader Howto

David A. Rusling, david.rusling@reo.mts.dec.com

v0.84, 6 December 1996


This document describes the Miniloader, a program for Alpha based systems that can be used to initialize the machine and load Linux. The Alpha Linux Miniloader (to give it it's full name) is also known as MILO.

1. Introduction

2. What is MILO?

3. Pre-Built Standard MILO Images.

4. How To Build MILO

5. How To Load MILO

6. MILO's User Interface

7. Running the Flash Management Utility

8. Restrictions.

9. Problem Solving.

10. Acknowledgements.


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