This might be a wakeup to an older thread of mine, but I'm determined to run COL vs another distro on my EISA-based system.
The computer is an ancient Compaq Proliant 1500, Dual P166, 224MB RAM. It has EISA Mach32 video, EISA NetFlex/3 NIC, EISA Inter EtherExpress Pro NIC, EISA Smart-2/E RAID controller. I need some decent resources for steps to install on this type of hardware and have come up with nothing (useful) to date. I also have a PCI S3 Virge/DX video card, PCI NetFlex/3 NIC, and PCI Smart-2/P RAID controller. It seems the only way I have been able to get _any_ linux varient installed to this beast was by replacing the EISA cards with PCI cards. Seems most drivers are not very EISA aware, even when I am specifying where the card is located. (ie insmod=cpqarray eisa=0x5000 still won't 'see' the card!) I also have a 9GB drive attached to the internal (NCR/SymBios based) scsi channel, and would cheerfully attempt an install to this device if it is deemed 'easier', I will then use the RAID for storage. I am open to all informed opinions and suggestions. Help! _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
