Hello, I'm just starting out with Linux and am not fairing all too well. The system seems to be up and running even though it took almost ten hours for it to load. Not a good start.
The computer is an old (1996) Intergraph dual P133 w/128m RAM, SB16, Adaptec SCSI, a SCSI CDROM and two SCSI HDs. The Linux version was recently acquired through Cheap Bytes. The program xdm says it's loaded, but there is no gui visible, just the prompt. Perhaps I misunderstood what xdm is, at least I have a prompt. I tried startx and it said no such file or directory. Whatever, I'll eventually figure it out. The reason I'm writing is because it has this penguin come on the screen during the boot sequence. It also has system info depicted alongside it. This info states the Linux version is 2.0.34 the cpu is 75+ with 65 megs of RAM and it's got or is doing 4.61 bogomips. All of the above should not be except the Linux version. How do I go about getting Linux to recognize the system correctly? The boot sees it all correctly including the correct ID of the SCSI drives. I screwed up somewhere, big time. Bill