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Old 07-19-2005, 11:06 PM   #1
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RedHat Alpha on Multia/UDB


This is a bit more of an Alpha/Multia/UDB question. I recently aquired one and when it boots it seems to look for a floppy, initiates video, and then simply has a non blinking white rectangle in the bottom left of the screen. I do not get any console/SRM, and cannot boot from any RedHat Alpha disks to even load the install procedure.

Has anyone had any interaction with DEC Multias or UDB's ane seen similar problems? Thanks.
 
Old 07-20-2005, 12:19 AM   #2
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Well, I think i found myself a solution.

::I'd rather just look a bit foolish and post a reply to myself than post nothing at all::

It seems the issue was a failry simple one. I puleld the (dead) system battery out and I managed to boot into the Multia SRM console. After configuring the settings i rebooted and was back to square one. A new battery will be had. I think that is where the issue lies. Just to note, for any other future alpha/linux users who may run into this problem.
 
  


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