[rescue] Alpha 8400, 7000r will they run linux??

Eric Dittman dittman at dittman.net
Wed Feb 19 15:44:56 CST 2003


> > The Alphaserver 8400 (not DEC 8400) can be upgraded to
> > an Alphaserver GS140.
> What is the difference from Alphaserver 8400 to DEC 8400? I thought they
> where the same.

The DEC 8400 never existed?  It may have been a nickname
for the Alphaserver 8400 (esp. if upgraded from the DEC7000),
but the name has always been Alphaserver 8400.

> > Does NetBSD have Galaxy support?
> I don't know and I was not aware that the OS has to support it.

The OS has to be able to honor the configuration tree.  Otherwise,
bad things can happen.
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