linux on a alpha

[Tony Hammitt]

It depends on the architecture of the machine.  If it uses a TurboChannel
bus, your best bet is NetBSD.  If it's a PCI bus, Linux may work.  Is this
a 3000/300, or just a 300X?  What color is it?

You will, of course, have to check out:

comp.os.linux.alpha
http://www.alphalinux.org
http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/index.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/alpha/6.2/index.html

I have RH6.2 images downloaded already, plus the current Compaq compiler
set (but you should register and download that yourself, just to increase
their hit count)

Feel free to contact me off-group.  I'm the resident Alpha dude.

Regards,

Tony Hammitt

"Thomas, Leonard" wrote:
> 
> I have the oppurtunity to get an old DEC Alpha 300X workstation.  It currently
> is running VMS, but I would like to convert it over to Linux if possible.
> We have been toying with the idea of a Linux cluster here and I thought
> this might be a reasonable machine to put in the cluster.  It also has a nice
> big
> monitor that would be nice for some of our other applications.
> My question is is it feasible to install Linux on this machine and if so
> is it worth it.  The price of the machine is free.
> 
> Len Thomas
>