Tru64 Installation Micro-Howto and Tru64 Hints:

Go to SRM (or ARC) console (hit ctrl-c). use show config to determine the target disk and your cdrom device. type boot $device -flags 0 (where $device is your cdrom) to boot your Tru64 Installation CD. Continue the installation as described on screen. Very simple :)

srm-bootlfags: -flag[s] 0 is used for OpenVMS and Linux (aboot), -flag[s] a for Tru64.

sysman, the Tru64 system administration tool, does not support the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet for local area networks. just fill it with 192.168.1.0/24 values and change some config files (like /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/routes, /etc/rc.config) with your favorite editor.

The Tru64 libc is missing several functions/syscalls provided by the linux libc/glibc as they are neither POSIX nor standard C. asprintf and vasprintf e.g. are provided by libiberty which comes with gcc (preferred) or gnu binutils (currently broken on Tru64), use export CFLAGS=$CFLAGS" -liberty". vsyslog can be added to c-source with this piece of code.

Tru64/Linux dualboot