Re: IBM PC Server 500
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:35:41PM -0500, spin wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> I hope you can help me on this one.
> Got my hands on a IBM PCServer 500.
> Has a Pentium 90 Processor (1)
> Micro Channel Bus
> IBM SCSI RAID Adapter w/CDROM Drive
>
> Here's my question/problem,Am trying to install Debian 2.2 on it.
> I created a Rescue diskette from the Binary CD.
> Boot the machine from the diskette, all is going well until
> it gets to the " testing 'hlt' " line.
> Locks it up big time,I have to power it down to get out.
This is a known problem with Microchannel machines with Pentium chips,
you might want to check the Microchannel Linux page for further
information: www.dgmicro.com/mca
Apparantly it can be avoided by building a kernel which does not do the
FPU test. See the page for details. Later version of the kernel have
the patch included, although I'm not sure which version is the
earliest. I know at least 2.2.18 does.
-Kevin
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Kevin A. Foss ---- kfoss@adelphia.net
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