<DIV>First: Accept my apologies if this has been answered before - I did an archive search and did not find anything on this.</DIV>
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<DIV>Second: It is entirely likely that this particular list may not be the one I want - a pointer to the correct list would be appreciated.</DIV>
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<DIV>What I have:</DIV>
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<DIV>I own an Alpha Personal Workstation 500a (that I rescued). I put some huge H/D's in it, and max'd the RAM.</DIV>
<DIV>I have downloaded and installed RH 7.2 for alpha on this beastie, and it works... (It was, the poor sod, suffering with NT 4.0 before I loaded up RH on it!)</DIV>
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<DIV>I have copies of RH-8, RH-9, and (as soon as the d/l finishes) Core 2 of Fedora.</DIV>
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<DIV>What I want to do:</DIV>
<DIV>Given that I have a full-up install of 7.2, and the source RPM's of all three later versions, I would like to try my hand at "porting" one or more of these to Alpha. (and, ultimately, generating install .ISO's)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ideally, there is some method, makefile, script, or whatever.... that when I finish, I will have the equivelent of the RH / Fedora install CD's, with all the goodies.</DIV>
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<DIV>I fully understand that this is a non-trivial task.</DIV>
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<DIV>Why do I want to do it:</DIV>
<DIV>1. Because I'm "... a sick, twisted little man" Not to mention a glutton for punishment. ;-)</DIV>
<DIV>2. "Because it's there" The Alpha's a nice box, and I'd like to be able to use it for something other than a space-heater. ;-))</DIV>
<DIV>3. Because I believe that, even if I fail, I will have learned a LOT about how all the pieces fit together and work.</DIV>
<DIV>4. Because (IMHO) this is the way the Open Source community works - I have something I need done - nobody else has done it - I have the hardware and am willing to invest the time.</DIV>
<DIV>5. If I succeed - I can u/l the ISO's for others to use.</DIV>
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<DIV>Correlary: Is there any kind of a "generic port to <platform>" doc? Assuming that the knowlege of how to build a distro exists somewhere (and I am sure it does, distro's get built and packaged every day), how do -I- get -MY- grubby paws on it?</DIV>
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<DIV>Again thanks for your patience.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim</DIV>
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