yes. The first thing is the usual stuff about the voodoo. Then it
diddles with the three onboard scsi controllers, counts disk noses,
and starts to boot. It runs thru about a screen-full real quickly,
then somehow resets the screen to that the last line is the one that
says decompressing the kernel, and there it hangs. it _definitely_
gets beyond that point, but this is a quad 550 and it goes so quickly
before it hangs that i can't tell where it is stopping...
Robert Hyatt Computer and Information Sciences
[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-2213 115A Campbell Hall, UAB Station
(205) 934-5473 FAX Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Fulton CR (Charles) wrote:
> > An interesting question: A prof in the math department just bought one of
> > these
> > guys based on our good experience with the dell quad xeons. however, as
> > is
> > usually the case, he added a new wrinkle to the equation. He also bought
> > a
> > Voodoo3 3000 PCI video card. With this card plugged into pci slot 1, the
> > machine starts to boot, but hangs.
> >
> When it's booting up do you see the message (i can't remember it exactly..)
>
> "some version number - 3dfx - 3000 v.102, etc,etc,"
>
> It should be the only thing on the screen and the first thing you see, even
> before the bios screen. That will tell you if your machine is actually using
> the vodoo card.
>
>
> > It would appear that there is some sort
> > of conflict between the onboard video and this card, but I don't see any
> > way
> > to disable the on-board video card.
> >
> also look for something in the bios saying, video select order agp, pci. and
> make sure pci is set first. (is the onboard video agp?)
>
> > has anyone successfully gotten a SMP box to boot with an add-in PCI video
> > card on top of the normal video?? Or does anyone have a suggestion to try
> > to get him up and running in the world of SMP?
> >
> I doubt it's a linux or smp problem, sounds more like a bios issue.
>
> good luck,
>
> -charlie.
>
>
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > "I'm not going to delve into the 'might be' of a company
> > I don't even care about that much." - Linus Torvalds on microsoft
> >
> > Charles Fulton
> > Catalyst Skill Center
> > Adv. Information Technician
> > Union Carbide Corporation
> > S. Charleston, WV p:(304-747-3175)
>
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