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SRM Firmware Howto
v0.5.2, 5 December 1999
This document describes how to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM
firmware, which is the firmware normally used to boot DEC Unix (also known as
OSF/1 and Tru64Unix) and OpenVMS.
Sometimes, it is preferable to use MILO instead of aboot since MILO is
perfectly adapted to the needs of Linux. However, MILO is not always
available for a particular system, MILO does not presently have the
ability to boot over the network (without patches) and little development work
is now being done on MILO (for more information on MILO refer to the MILO Howto, available
from
http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/milo.html). In any case, using the SRM
console may be the right solution.
Unless you're interested in technical details, you may want to
skip right to Section
aboot
.
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