dec-multia: make netboot possible, add aboot bootloader

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+Thu Jun 27 03:23:08 1996
+
+- Edit Makefile and include/config.h to suite your needs.  For most
+  purposes, the distributed version should work fine.  Note that
+  the CONFIG_FILE_PARTITION macro is still present like in earlier
+  version, but since aboot-0.5 allows you to select a partition via
+  the boot-commandline, the value for that macro is not as critical
+  anymore. Users of certain versions of gcc (2.96 and later?) 
+  may need to add '-ffreestanding' flag to CFLAGS, in the Makefile.
+
+- Type "make".
+
+- To install the newly created aboot image (named "bootlx"), in most cases,
+  you use swriteboot (found in the sdisklabel directory), like this:
+
+    # swriteboot -c[boot partition #] [boot device] bootlx
+
+  for example, on my system, the kernel images (and aboot.conf) are on my 
+  root partition, /dev/sda2. hence:
+
+    # swriteboot -c2 /dev/sda bootlx
+  
+  DON'T DO THIS UNLESS YOU'RE SURE OF THE PARTITION INFO. If you don't know 
+  exactly what you're doing, and your system already boots okay, there's no 
+  reason to be installing a new bootloader.
+
+  For more info, read the SRM HOWTO, in doc/faq/srm.html, or at:
+  http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/srm.html