Re: Debian on Digital 3305
I was never able to get any kernels to boot unless i marked them as
Generic Alpha in menuconfig. "cat /proc/cpuinfo" would say it was a
Noritake though. I literally tried all of the options in menuconfig,
none worked except the Generic one.
The burner was a Yamaha 4x2x6 scsi burner. It would burn, but then the
box would come to a haltwhile fixating the disk. So i had to decide
what mattered more to me, uptime or a cd every time i wanted to burn. I
had similar problems with an IDE burner i put in, only it would crash as
soon as the burn started.
It bit the dust 2 weeks before xmas, a transistor on the cpu board burnt
out. Our attempts at replacing the transistor failed. I'd LOVE to get
that thing running again, coolest computer i've ever owned.
Richard Fillion
rick@rhix.ods.org
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:42:17PM -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:21:56PM -0600, Richard Fillion wrote:
> >
> > I ran Debian on a Digital Server 3305, it ran fine.
>
> What did the Linux kernel consider was the type of machine - NORITAKE?
> That's what it should have done, but I want to make sure...
>
> > The only problem i wasnt able to fix was that i couldnt get the
> > burner i installed in it going for the life of me.
>
> What kind of burner (I assume it was SCSI, as I don't believe the
> NORITAKEs have IDE ports)? I"ve had good luck with both HP and Plextor.
>
> > If you're ever looking to get rid of that box, let me know, mine died a
> > few months ago, x86s just suck compared to Alphas eheh.
>
> How did it die, power supply?
>
> --Jay++
>
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