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, a MILO, or the

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Linux Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, which ...

Mini Loader, is a firmware replacement for early

Alpha AXP Alpha (original name Alpha AXP) is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Alpha was designed to replace 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computers ( ...

hardware that allows the system to boot the Alpha version of the Linux operating system. It is capable of running Linux device drivers and reads available

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rather than looking for boot blocks. Newer Alpha hardware uses aboot.

References

External links

Official website
through the

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MILO HOWTO at the Linux Documentation Projectthe AlphaLinux.org homepage
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