Introduce first shot at Alpha-specific installation instructions.
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The FreeBSD Documentation Project
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$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml,v 1.114 2001/09/11 18:48:03 chern Exp $
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$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml,v 1.115 2001/09/12 23:55:00 chern Exp $
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-->
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<chapter id="install">
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supported.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<note>
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<para>In general, these installation instructions are written
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for i386 (<quote>PC compatible</quote>) architecture
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computers. Where applicable, instructions specific to other
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platforms (for example, Alpha) will be listed.</para>
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</note>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="install-pre">
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systems then you need to have a rough understanding of how data is
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laid out on the disk, and how this affects you.</para>
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<sect3 id="install-where-i386">
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<title>Disk Layouts for the i386</title>
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<para>A PC disk can be divided in to discrete chunks. These chunks are
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called <firstterm>partitions</firstterm>. By design, the PC only
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supports four partitions per disk. These partitions are called
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</example>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Disk Layouts for the Alpha</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Alpha</primary></indexterm>
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<para>You will need a dedicated disk for FreeBSD on the
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Alpha. It is not possible to share a disk with another
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operating system at this time. Depending on the specific
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Alpha machine you have, this disk can either be a SCSI disk
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or an IDE disk, as long as your machine is capable of
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booting from it.</para>
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<para>Following the conventions of the Digital / Compaq
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manuals all SRM input is shown in uppercase. SRM is case
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insensitve.</para>
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<para>To find the names and types of disks in your machine, use
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the <literal>SHOW DEVICE</literal> command from the SRM
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console prompt:</para>
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<screen>>>><userinput>show device</userinput>
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dka0.0.0.4.0 DKA0 TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-57 3476
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dkc0.0.0.1009.0 DKC0 RZ1BB-BS 0658
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dkc100.1.0.1009.0 DKC100 SEAGATE ST34501W 0015
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dva0.0.0.0.1 DVA0
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ewa0.0.0.3.0 EWA0 00-00-F8-75-6D-01
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pkc0.7.0.1009.0 PKC0 SCSI Bus ID 7 5.27
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pqa0.0.0.4.0 PQA0 PCI EIDE
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pqb0.0.1.4.0 PQB0 PCI EIDE</screen>
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<para>This example is from a Digital Personal Workstation
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433au and shows three disks attached to the machine. The
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first is a CDROM drive called <devicename>DKA0</devicename> and
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the other two are disks and are called
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<devicename>DKC0</devicename> and
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<devicename>DKC100</devicename> repectively.</para>
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<para>Disks with names of the form <devicename>DKx</devicename>
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are SCSI disks. For example <devicename>DKA100</devicename>
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refers to a SCSI with SCSI target ID 1 on the first SCSI bus (A),
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whereas <devicename>DKC300</devicename> refers to a SCSI disk
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with SCSI ID 3 on the third SCSI bus (C). Devicename <devicename>
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PKx</devicename>refers to the SCSI host bus adapter. As
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seen in the <literal>SHOW DEVICE</literal> output SCSI
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CDROM drives are treated as any other SCSI harddisk drive.</para>
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<para>IDE disks have names like <devicename>DQx</devicename>,
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<devicename>PQx</devicename> is the associated IDE controller.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<sect2 id="install-starting">
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<title>Booting</title>
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<sect3 id="install-starting-i386">
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<title>Booting for the i386</title>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Start with your computer turned off.</para>
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will then launch the kernel configuration menu.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Booting for the Alpha</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Alpha</primary></indexterm>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Start with your computer turned off.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Turn on the computer and wait for a boot monitor
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prompt.</para>
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<step>
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<para>If you needed to prepare boot floppies, as described in
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<xref linkend="install-floppies"> then one of them will be the
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first boot disc, probably the one containing
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<filename>kern.flp</filename>. Put this disc in your floppy
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drive and type the following command to boot the disk
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(substituting the name of your floppy drive if
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necessary):</para>
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<screen>>>><userinput>BOOT DVA0 -FLAGS '' -FILE ''</userinput></screen>
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<para>If you are booting from CDROM, insert the CDROM into
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the drive and type the following command to start the
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installation (substituting the name of the appropriate
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CDROM drive if necessary):</para>
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<screen>>>><userinput>BOOT DKA0 -FLAGS '' -FILE ''</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>FreeBSD will start to boot. If you are booting from a
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floppy disc, at some point you will see the message:
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<screen>Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter:</screen>
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<para>Follow these instructions by removing the
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<filename>kern.flp</filename> disc, insert the
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<filename>mfsroot.flp</filename> disc, and press
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<keycap>Enter</keycap>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Irrespective of whether you booted from floppy or CDROM, the
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boot process will then get to this point.</para>
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<screen>Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
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Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds... _</screen>
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<para>Either wait ten seconds, or press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. This
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will then launch the kernel configuration menu.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="start-userconfig">
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<sect2 id="freebsdboot">
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<title>FreeBSD Bootup</title>
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<sect3 id="freebsdboot-i386">
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<title>FreeBSD Bootup on the i386</title>
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<para>If everything went well, you will see messages scroll
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off the screen and you will arrive at a login prompt. You can view
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the content of the messages by pressing <keycap>Scroll-Lock</keycap>
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<para>If the X server has been configured and a Default Desktop
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chosen, it can be started by typing <command>startx</command> at
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the command line.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Bootup of FreeBSD on the Alpha</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Alpha</primary></indexterm>
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<para>Once the install procedure has finished, you will be
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able to start FreeBSD by typing something like this to the
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SRM prompt:</para>
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<screen>>>><userinput>BOOT DKC0</userinput></screen>
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<para>This instructs the firmware to boot the specified
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disk. To make FreeBSD boot automatically in the future, use
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these commands:</para>
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<screen><prompt>>>></prompt> <userinput>SET BOOT_OSFLAGS A</userinput>
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<prompt>>>></prompt> <userinput>SET BOOT_FILE ''</userinput>
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<prompt>>>></prompt> <userinput>SET BOOTDEF_DEV DKC0</userinput>
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<prompt>>>></prompt> <userinput>SET AUTO_ACTION BOOT</userinput></screen>
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<para>The boot messages will be similar (but not identical) to
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those produced by FreeBSD booting on the i386.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="shutdown">
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Alpha User's Questions and Answers</title>
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<indexterm><primary>Alpha</primary></indexterm>
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<para>This section answers some commonly asked questions about
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installing FreeBSD on Alpha systems.</para>
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<qandaset>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Can I boot from the ARC or Alpha BIOS Console?</para>
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</question>
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<indexterm><primary>ARC</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>Alpha BIOS</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>SRM</primary></indexterm>
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<answer>
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<para>No. &os;, like Compaq Tru64 and VMS, will only boot
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from the SRM console.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Help, I have no space! Do I need to delete
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everything first?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Unfortunately, yes.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Can I mount my Compaq Tru64 or VMS filesystems?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>No, not at this time.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="install-advanced">
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