Bug#228654: installation-reports: ide-detect lockup on Alpha PWS500a
> Ah, so at no point did you pick "Install aboot on a hard disk" as an
> option from the main menu? Do you see this as an option? Is it listed
> in the wrong place in the menu (i.e., below "finish the installation and
> reboot")?
It's not listed as an option on the menu. Should it be there from the start
or does it appear after doing something else?
> Yep, this problem makes both my SCSI controller and my ethernet unusable
> under 2.4.24.
Did any kernels work for you in the 2.4 series? I haven't had this machine
long, and none of the recent Debian 2.4.2x kernels have worked for me.
> > The 2.2.22 kernel in Woody works flawlessly. If there was a 2.2
> > kernel in Unstable I'd have no problems at all.
>
> Not likely to happen, I'm afraid... but maybe we can get a 2.6.1 that
> works instead.
Well, the 2.4.19 kernel that SuSE ships for alpha seems to work (their
installer can bring up my network card) but it doesn't compile with GCC 3.3.
It would be nice to figure out exactly which patch broke things.
John
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