PLD on DEC Alpha

[Michal Moskal]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:29:50AM -0400, Andrew A. Gill wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Michal Moskal wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 10:56:04AM -0400, Andrew A. Gill wrote:
> > > Hi--
> > >
> > > I'm trying to get PLD for my DEC Alpha, but I'm having some trouble
> > > installing it.  Namely, there's no installer for Alpha, and there are just
> > > too many packages to use RPM.
> >
> > Do you have some linux installed on this DEC Alpha already?
> 
> I'm running Redhat 7.1.

I would recommend either:
  a) upgrading on package by package basis
  b) installing fresh set of packages in chroot on different partition,
     setting up fstab etc by hand and trying to boot machine with it

Both can be easily done using poldek. It's much like apt-get on debian
system -- automatic upgrade/installation tool for rpm packages. Try
installing it on you rh box, fixing up /etc/poldek.conf, and then
(depending on your choice):
a) poldek; upgrade * etc
b) poldek --mkdir --install-dist=/path/to/chroot -v poldek rc-scripts shadow
   chroot /path/to/chroot
   poldek
   install ...

Option b) is probably safer. You can look at
http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/bootdisk/batch-installer/ui/data/groups
to see what we consider basesystem. You probably should install at
least base and basic groups.

And don't be afraid of old ra packages. Alpha/nest (like rawhide) port
is starting up, and also next main distribution version (ac) is starting
up.

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