Hi Aleksandar,

First of all, you need to change the firmware in your alpha to SRM or
change the setting to SRM if it has Alphabios. I don't have any experience
with the XP1000 so I can't be more specific. Perhaps someone else on the
list can provide more info. Once you've done that, you should be able to
boot the CD directly without any boot floppies.

Cheers,
Anders

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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Aleksandar Janicijevic wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I recently got a Compaq XP1000 machine quite
> unexpectedly. I have experience with Linux, but none
> with NetBSD, and I would like to install it (NetBSD)
> on my Alpha, but don't know how. I downloaded ISO
> image of the OS and images of three boot floppies, but
> have no idea what to do next. When I enter BIOS setup
> and try to set it so it boots from floppy, it requires
> from me the following:
>
> Boot File:
> OS Path:
> OS Options:
>
> By the way, the machine currently boots NT 4.0 (for
> which I don't have the admin password), but it will go
> as soon as I learn how. Any help or hint would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Aleksandar Janicijevic
> Toronto, Canada
>
>