Hi Karl. I encountered a similar problem in here with some old Compaq Pentium II machines with MMX chips on them. Some worked, some didn't. Basically tried all variations of new memory, swapping memory about from a functioning machine, new graphics card, new network card and still couldn't get past the point you outline below. Really frustrating and never could pinpoint exactly what the problem was.
In the end I basically just took the decision to scrap these boxes as it was holding up the rollout. We had older Pentium 100 machines which worked a treat too. These buggers just refused. :-) Sorry I can't be more positive but you might be better just going to a second user a picking up his really old kit for a few quid (dollars?) Cheers, Vernon -----Original Message----- From: Karl Zander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 April 2005 18:03 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Terminal Client PC Fails to Boot At 08:56 AM 4/25/2005 +0200, you wrote: >Karl Zander wrote: > >>We have an original Pentium 75 MHz PC with 32 MB of RAM we are trying >>to use as a terminal client. Etherboot loads, it gets the kernel, we >>see the dots. >> >>Then it hangs at >> >>Ramdisk at 0XFFF280000, size 0X000D8000 >>Uncompressing Linux... ok, booting the kernel >> >>Searched the list archives. Suggestions from past messages were to try >>other kernels. I have tried ltsp_kernel-3.015, ltsp_kernel-3.0.10 and >>ltsp_kernel-3.0.5 without success. >> >>Is the original Pentium CPU too old? Or is 32 MB of RAM too little? >>Other ideas? >I have a similar machine working fine as a thin client. Does it hang or >does the screen go black? I once had an old Pentium with onboard Trident >graphics chipset that was incompatible with framebuffering. The screen >went black at the precise moment you say. > >HTH > >Andrew The monitor stays visible. All we see is the message about "Umcompressing Linux...." --Karl ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ********************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and access to the email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients, any opinions or advice contained in this e-mail are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing client engagement letter or contract. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
