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Marc Schlensog  
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 More options Feb 23 2009, 1:10 pm
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From: Marc Schlensog <fisht...@web.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:10:36 +0100
Local: Mon, Feb 23 2009 1:10 pm
Subject: Re: UP2000 AlphaBIOS
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:42:49 -0800 (PST)

shim...@topaz.plala.or.jp wrote:
> Yes. I have WinNT4.0. NT4 CDROM include i386,Alpha,ppc,pc98x1(only
> Japan?) platform in
> a CD.
> I want NT5(win2k) beta2 media but I don't have...There are not enough
> drivers for PCI cards...

> I tryed booting NT4 on DP264's AlphaBIOS condition,I successed boot
> NT,but SCSI HDDs are not
> recognized.(IDE HDD is recognized.) and failure converting from FAT to
> NTFS while installing.
> When I selected install to FAT partition,the OS boot is successful.
> But next,NIC(I tested tulip and AMD PCnet) can't use.(driver can
> install,recognized,but can't use,
> pop up DHCP error message. Off cource I'm running dhcpd on other
> PC,and don't connect set to static IPs.)

What I don't understand: Why do you want/need NT4 for Alpha? It's
ancient, it's not supported anymore and there is hardly any native
software out there for NT/alpha (not to mention W2k/alpha). Driver
problems aside.
IMO you are just limiting the usability of your Alpha.

b.r.,

Marc


 
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