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. > Also tried to install from the CD and the results are the same as above. > Any words of wisdom would be great. > I do have DOS 6.22 on it and it boots right up. > Any questions feel free.
This machine is a real bitch (pardon my midwestern english) ... let me dig through some stuff and see if I can remember what the deal was. The PC 5XX server line was ... interesting. Do you have access to another linux box? You're almost certainly going to need a custom kernel. Could you post some actual part numbers (like the RAID controller ... I'm a bit nervous about a MCA RAID HBA). Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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