Installation Overview
Installing Red Hat Linux on an Alpha system is slightly more complex
than installing Red Hat Linux/Intel, mostly due to differences in
machine architecture. For most systems, the main steps to a successful
install are:
- Install MILO, the Linux/Alpha miniloader, onto your machine
(or onto a floppy disk); see Section
3.4, Installing MILO.
- Create a kernel boot disk and a ramdisk from images available
on the Red Hat CD; see Section 3.5,
Making Boot and Ramdisk Floppies.
- Use MILO to boot the appropriate Linux kernel; see Section
3.6.1, Booting the Kernel Floppy.
- Load and run the Red Hat Linux/Alpha installation program;
see Section 3.6.2, Starting the
Install.
To perform these steps, you'll need three (3) blank, formatted 3.5-inch
floppies.