[rescue] Linux

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Mon Dec 2 09:28:34 CST 2002


On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:21:08AM -0600, Eric Dittman wrote:
> > > > > The OpenVMS Hobbyist License is available for any hobbyist
> > > > > system.  If your specific system isn't listed, you can just
> > > > > select one that's close.  If you don't have the system serial
> > > > > number, you can make one up.
> > > > 
> > > > Ah, didn't try that.  I have the S/N's but this model Alphastation was 
> > > > intended for NT methinks.
> > > 
> > > There are a couple of Alphas that are NT-only that won't run
> > > anything else, and there are some Alphas that are NT-only that
> > > can run OpenVMS by setting a variable.
> > 
> > What Alpha is NT only?  I've never heard of one before.
> 
> The XL is one.  Not only will it not run OpenVMS or Tru64, there's
> no SRM available for it, either.  All you have is AlphaBIOS.

Interesting.  Doesn't it at least run Linux or NetBSD?

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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