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Next Previous Contents SRM Firmware Howto Rich Payne, and David Huggins-Daines v0.6.1, 5 March 2025 This document describes how to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM console, which is the console firmware also used to boot Compaq Tru64 Unix (also known as Digital Unix and OSF/1) and OpenVMS. 1. About this manual 1.1 Who should read this manual 1.2 Conventions 2. What is SRM? 2.1 Getting to SRM 2.2 Using the SRM console 2.3 How Does SRM Boot an OS? 2.4 Loading The Secondary Bootstrap Loader 3. The Raw Loader 4. The aboot Loader 4.1 Getting and Building aboot 4.2 Floppy Installation 4.3 Harddisk Installation 4.4 CD-ROM Installation 4.5 Building the Linux Kernel 4.6 Booting Linux 4.7 Booting Over the Network 4.8 Partitioning Disks 5. Sharing a Disk With DEC Unix 5.1 Partitioning the disk 5.2 Installing aboot 6. Installation of Distributions 6.1 RedHat 6.0 and 6.1 6.2 SuSE 6.1 6.3 SuSE 6.3 7. Document History Next Previous Contents