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The "Alpha User's Questions and Answers" section doesn't really belong

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in the "Troubleshooting" section.  Moreover, the information provided
in the answers are actually given in more detail in the "Hardware
Requirements" and "Pre-Installation Tasks" sections.

Delete this Q&A section, but move its indexterm elements to other,
more appropriate parts of the chapter.
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<sect3>
<title>Alpha Architecture</title>
<indexterm><primary>Alpha</primary></indexterm>
<para>To install &os;/alpha, you will need a supported
platform (see <xref linkend="install-hardware-supported">)
and a dedicated disk for &os;. It is not possible to share
@ -129,6 +131,10 @@
supported by the SRM firmware or an IDE disk assuming the
SRM in your machine supports booting from IDE disks.</para>
<indexterm><primary>ARC</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Alpha BIOS</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SRM</primary></indexterm>
<para>You will need the SRM console firmware for your
platform. In some cases, it is possible to switch between
AlphaBIOS (or ARC) firmware and SRM. In others it will be
@ -4029,53 +4035,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen>
<para>NTFS partitions can also be mounted in a similar manner
using the &man.mount.ntfs.8; command.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Alpha User's Questions and Answers</title>
<indexterm><primary>Alpha</primary></indexterm>
<para>This section answers some commonly asked questions about
installing FreeBSD on Alpha systems.</para>
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Can I boot from the ARC or Alpha BIOS Console?</para>
</question>
<indexterm><primary>ARC</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Alpha BIOS</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SRM</primary></indexterm>
<answer>
<para>No. &os;, like Compaq Tru64 and VMS, will only boot
from the SRM console.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Help, I have no space! Do I need to delete
everything first?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Unfortunately, yes.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Can I mount my Compaq Tru64 or VMS filesystems?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>No, not at this time.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="install-advanced">