Re: Debian IA-64

[MG <marcogb@xs4all.nl>]

Hello,


On 28-6-2012 23:52, Émeric Maschino wrote:
> Yes, I'm running the McKinley kernel.

So was I the other day, in a HPVM guest.  I also downloaded an
archived Debian V5.0.9 installation DVD.  It installed just
fine.  From there, I intend to 'upgrade' to V6.0.5, also with
DVDs.  Although, before I do that, I'm going to try to install
the HPVM Linux guest AVIO ethernet driver and I'll see how that
goes.

A while back, I hope the person has been reading the mailing
list (or Usenet) in the meantime, I was approached if I could
try Allegro.  I think I can simply provide a HPVM Debian
Linux IA-64 guest, instead.


> I didn't got my zx6000 with so much memory. I had the
> opportunity to max it out at a very good price

Good to hear, same here by the way!  PC2100 ECC-registered
DIMMs can, still, be quite expensive.  (Even more so than
DDR2, DDR3 and so forth, amazingly.)


> This may be a track to follow. I don't have a MP card in my
> zx6000 and seem to experience less issues than you ;-)

That was quite common, that the zx6000 didn't have the iLO/
MP card.  I'm not sure if I feel much for taking mine out,
especially as I've grown rather attached to iLO.


> I should add that, since the switch to Mesa 8.0, 3D hardware
> acceleration is once again badly broken :-(

I'll try AGP in one of my rx2620s again, just to be totally sure.
I'm going to write this down and look into it.


> While simple GL applications like glxgears run flawlessly, Quake
> III demo freezes the system within seconds, monitor enters in
> sleep mode and a hard reset finally occurs. With orphan inodes
> deleted at next boot...

Did you already manage to track down, from logs or so, what may
have caused this?


> Yes, my Windows install is "up to date" (support was killed in 2004
> IIRC), though the 16GB limit is still there.

No, actually, I meant Windows Server 2003 Service Packs!  You can,
with a trick, actually install those.  Windows XP IA-64 becomes a
lot more usable then!  This is the Debian IA-64 list, maybe you
should e-mail me privately for more information.


> There is such a website: The Gelato Community --- Linux on Itanium
> (http://www.gelato.org) but it seems unmaintained nowadays and the
> old forums have disappeared. I remember some interesting discussions
> there with David Mosberger or Bjorn Helgaas, circa 2007...

I came across that site already a year, maybe two by now, ago.  Back
then it was already rather dead.

Debian Linux IA-64 isn't, though and I'll try to do my best to keep
it that way.

By the way, if you're --- or anyone else is --- interested to see
what Debian V5.0.9 looks like running on "Montecito" inside a HPVM
guest, please let me know and I'll create a SSH shell account for
you.  (Or any other operating system, if you'd like to see those.)



Kind regards,

Marco