The following two ISO images do install debian 8.0 (unstable) on a ALPHA based server. Choose one of those for installation and burn it to a CD: - debian-8.0-alpha-CD-1.iso - debian-8.0-alpha-NETINST-1.iso Since the alpha-port is not any longer an official debian port, those images pull the initial debian packages from http://backup.parisc-linux.org The debian-alpha repository at this server is a copy of the official debian-ports (http://www.debian-ports.org) repository (from the "main" and "unreleased" suites) with additional required packages. Those additional packages are needed for the debian-installer (e.g. to install the bootloader, and to partition the hard disc with a aboot sector) and which can not be hosted at debian-ports (because they are not any longer in the official debian repository). You find those additional packages here: http://backup.parisc-linux.org/debian-alpha-archive/alpha/additional/ After sucessful installation, the debian-installer will add the debian-ports repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, so that you will receive regularly new updates. Please report problems to the debian-alpha@lists.debian.org mailing list. QEMU: ----- Instead of real hardware, you can even test the debian-alpha ISOs with qemu: Download those files: http://backup.parisc-linux.org/debian-alpha-archive/debian-cd/debian-8.0-alpha-NETINST-1.iso http://backup.parisc-linux.org/debian-alpha-archive/debian-cd/for-netboot/initrd.gz http://backup.parisc-linux.org/debian-alpha-archive/debian-cd/for-netboot/vmlinux-3.16.0-4-alpha-generic then (with a virtual hard disc called "alpha.disk" which you need to create yourself): qemu-system-alpha -m 1024M -hda alpha.disk -kernel vmlinux-3.16.0-4-alpha-generic -append "preseed/url=http://backup.parisc-linux.org/preseed-alpha.cfg initrd=initrd.gz" -initrd initrd.gz -net nic -net user -drive file=debian-8.0-alpha-NETINST-1.iso,if=scsi,media=cdrom Beware: qemu can run the installer and install the system, but when rebooted qemu fails to boot the installed hard disc! This is currently a limitation of qemu. Helge Deller February 2015