We have an existing server (Compaq Proliant 2500) that we want to move from RedHat 6.2 to Mandrake 7.1. It has been running RedHat 6.2 since last spring when it was first installed but we've never done any optimizing for the Pentium class cpu. I had decided it would be easier to just put a distro on the machine that had everything already compiled for a Pentium cpu than manually recompiling the existing OS - especially since it hadn't been used for hardly anything to this point and there was thus no user data involved. The problem I've got is that we haven't found any distro yet that can identify the oddball video that this server has built in (thus no graphical install) and Mandrake is no different. Text mode install fails with a 'segmentation faults - seems like memory is missing as install crashes' every time it's ran. The system detects and loads the driver for an ncr53c8xx scsi card correctly and then asks whether there are any other scsi cards in the machine. When I answer 'no' it immediately displays the segmentation fault message and wants to shutdown. Anyone have any idea what I can do. I've tried to do a text install on a couple of other occasions (with different systems) and have never been able to get it to work but this is the first time I've never found a way around the problem. Thus far I'm simply unable to put Mandrake on this machine. I can't locate any updates that would appear to address this problem. Any ideas? -- Mike Rambo Lansing School District
