Tuesday, February 21. 2006

2.0 Release - Tosia

Posted by Mike Barnes in Releases at 18:32
Alpha Core 2 is now available, based on Fedora Core 4. See the download page for links. Mirrors will be added as they become available.

This release is expected to boot on most modern Alpha systems.

MD5SUM list:
b9739b349941b558c06814b5b2e5318b ac2-disk1.iso
b078896e1862ba211364e6286aa6ee26 ac2-disk2.iso
e58d2c4956e7c46aaec664a2fe04a5e2 ac2-disk3.iso
f6c6946e095c238c7242d36adba59d06 ac2-disk4.iso
Main features of this release:
- GCC 4.0 with working Java
- All packages are built with GCC 4.0
- Most Java packages
- Eclipse IDE
- Fixed autopartitioning and update mode during setup
- Framebuffer driver for TGA video adapters works

Known issues:
- SMP kernel doesn't work (someone could try older AC1 kernel)
- Java interpreter (GIJ) could generate unaligned access exceptions (UAE) while running Java code
- GCC could generate code that will produce UAEs. This is due bad coding practices. :)
- AS800 still requires a disconnect of network cable in order to boot
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hi

anyone tested this with alphaserver ds20e?
i would really like to switch to linux from tru64, which is pure evil ;)

thanks
wd
#1 csere matyas on 2006-03-06 21:46 (Reply)
Hi,

Yes, it should work on ds20e.
To have SMP working you would have to download updated kernel package from the "updates" directory (plus "udev" and "module-init-tools").
If you have extra hard drive - you could install it there and compare which one works best for you. :)
Regards,
Sergey.
#1.1 Anonymous on 2006-03-07 06:25 (Reply)
We just got AC2.0 insalled on a ds20 500Mhz. With the updates you mention above, SMP is working.

We also have AC2.0 installed on an ES45. Fun!

Thanks,
#1.1.1 Jonathan on 2006-03-16 07:32 (Reply)

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