Re: alpha server 800

[Jan Baumgarten <JanBaumgarten@gmx.de>]

Hello,

The patch for the DAC960 can be found at 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2003/debian-alpha-200302/msg00154.html

You should apply the patch for dac960.c but not the one for do_mounts.c 
because this is alredy in the Kernel.
You have to chaet a bit when installing because Debian (not even the 
installed system) doesn't have the device files needed for the DAC960. 
They can be created using mknod.
Tip: Use a SCSI-Disk on the normal SCSI controller to install a base 
Debian. This gives you some kind of a rescue system if something goes 
wrong during the installation on the Raid.
If you wish, I could provide you with the running kernel from my system 
(2.4.21) or its configuration file.

Greetings,

Jan


maximilian attems wrote:

> salut :)
>
>
> On Fri, 05 Sep 2003, Jan Baumgarten wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I installed Debian 3.0 on an Alphaserver 800/533. There were two problems
> > - The original Kernel always crashed at boottime.
> > - The DAC960 could not be used with the normal kernel.
> > After patching the kernel sources and building a new kernel Debian could
> > be installed. But I don't know wether this problem occurs with all
> > Alphaserver 800.
> > Now it runs flawless.
> >    
>
> could you please point out which patches?
> thx in advance
> a++ maks
>
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