Red Hat Linux 7.2: The Official Red Hat Linux Alpha Installation Guide
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# Choosing Disk Images

To install Red Hat Linux on an Alpha using MILO, you may need to create as many as three diskettes. It depends on whether you already have a hard disk install of MILO that is capable of loading a kernel and initial RAMdisk from CD-ROM or not. If not, then you need to create at least a MILO image diskette. A boot image diskette and a RAM disk diskette are necessary only if no local CD-ROM is available or you are using a MILO that doesn't support initial RAMdisk. Note that you may need additional diskettes if your machine has hardware that requires additional drivers that are not contained in the kernel or initial RAMdisk. See the Release Notes on the CD-ROM for information about when this might be necessary or desireable.

To create a boot image file diskette from the boot image file on CD-ROM 1: `images/generic.img`. You will also need a RAM disk image made from `images/ramdisk.img`, also on CD-ROM 1.

The MILO images are not included on the installation CD-ROMs. You must find an appropriate image using the references in the previous section.

You will need to choose the appropriate image for your system, and write it to a diskette. If you do not know which image to choose for your system, see Table B-1. Look through the table for your machine or its alias. The appropriate MILO image (if applicable) is listed on the right.

Table B-1. MILO Images

Machine Class | Model | Alias | MILO Image
--- | --- | --- | ---
Alcor | AS 600 | ALCOR | `alcor.img`
AS 500 5/5xx | BRET | `xlt.img`
XL-300 | XLT
XL-366 | XLT
XL-433 | XLT
Digital Alpha XL | XL-233 | XL | `xl.img`
XL-266 | XL
Avanti | AS 200 4/xxx | MUSTANG | `avanti.img`
AS 205 4/xxx | LX3
AS 250 4/xxx | M3
AS 255 4/xxx | LX3+
AS 300 4/xxx | MELMAC
AS 400 4/xxx | AVANTI
Digital Personal Workstation | PWS 433a, 433au | MIATA | `miata.img`
PWS 500a, 500au | MIATA
PWS 600a, 600au | MIATA
Mikasa | AS 1000 4/xxx | MIKASA | mikasa.img
Noname | AXPpci33 | NONAME | `noname.img`
UDB/Multia | MULTIA
EB64+ | EB64+ | EB64+ | `eb64p.img`
AlphaPC64 | CABRIOLET | `cabriolet.img`
AlphaPCI-64 | CABRIOLET
PC164 | AlphaPC164 | PC164 | `pc164.img`
AlphaPC164-LX | LX164 | `lx164.img`
AlphaPC164-SX | SX164 | `sx164.img`
EB164 | EB164 | EB164 | `eb164.img`
EB66+ | EB66+ | EB66+ | `eb66p.img`
EB66 | EB66 | EB66 | `eb66.img`
Takara | Takara | TAKARA | `takara.img`
Ruffian | AlphaPC 164UX | RUFFIAN | `ruffian.img`
AlphaBook1 |  |  | `book1.img`
Platform2000 |  |  | `p2k.img`

First try the MILO images based on 2.2 kernel sources. Older MILOs should be used only if the newer ones fail; in this case, you will need to use diskettes from which to boot the kernel and RAMdisk.

Refer to Appendix D for instructions on how to make diskettes from disk images. Label all three diskettes appropriately.

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