Re: debian on the XServ
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:00:16AM -0800, Adam Done wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have just acquired an xserv and have been trying to put Linux on the
> server and to no avail, nothing works. I have used all the install24
> options when at the boot prompt. For the most part when i boot using
> install24-safe, it takes a quite a long time to start after loading. I
> get a blank white screen after the kernel is loaded and info is scrolled
> on the screen. If i leave this for a while the install program
> eventually starts but the bad part is that i don't have any control of
> the keyboard or mouse. I have plugged the keyboard in both usb slots
> and still nothing happens. The same happens when i tried to use
> yellowdog newest ISO and the 2.4.19 kernel. i really want Debian
> GNU/Linux on the server but have tried every thing.
>
> I have even compiled a kernel for the xserv on another box and put it on
> a standard HFS partition to load with..
> image=/dev/hde2/vmlinux-2.4.20
> and still nothing happens. i am totally at a lost and have tried so
> many diff. ways to get the kernel and install program to run.
>
> Can some one shed some new light on my dark foreboding situation here?
> Thank you in advanced.
Sounds like a hardware incompatibility. At a minimum you need
the latest yaboot, but it doesn't sound like that would help..
--
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer
under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
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