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>1. About this manual</A
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>1.1. Who should read this manual</A
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>You should read this manual if you are installing Linux on a new
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Alpha system that can only boot from the SRM console, or if you are
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installing Linux on an older Alpha system that can use the SRM console
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and wish to use SRM to boot your Linux installation.</P
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>Because SRM is the only way to boot Linux on modern Alpha systems,
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and because it provides the proper operating environment for Unix and
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Unix-like operating systems (such as Linux), it is the recommended way
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of booting Linux on Alpha when available.</P
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>Sometimes, it is preferable to use the ARC, ARCSBIOS, or AlphaBIOS
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console, such as if you have a machine for which SRM is not available,
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if you wish to dual-boot with Windows NT without switching consoles,
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or if you have hardware that is not supported by SRM. On these
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machines, you will typically use MILO to boot Linux. For more
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information, refer to the MILO Howto, available from
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'>>>' prompt, like this:
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>>>> boot dva0 -fi linux.gz -fl "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1"</PRE
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># swriteboot -f3 /dev/sda /boot/bootlx</PRE
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>aboot> b 6/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6</PRE
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>Notes</H3
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