Re: Dell C521 and AMD64 NetInst CD ISO

2007-11-09 Thread Bill Jones
On 11/8/07, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well stuff that appears to happen soon after cfq enabled is:
>
> Init isapnp
> Init serial ports
> init i8042 (ps/2 mouse/keyboard)
> Init ACPI
>
> So it could be the BIOS has bugs in the usb legacy emulation which could
> cause problems for the i8042.
>
> ACPI could also be affected by BIOS bugs.
>
> You could try booting with the option 'noacpi=1' from the boot loader
> for the installer.
>
> You could check if the bios has a 'PnP OS Installed' option.  If it does
> turn it off.

Well, I tried your suggestions (plus a few insane ones) and I think
Debian should mark the Dell C521 systems as questionable as far as
AMD64 compatibility goes.

Maybe it is a BIOS issue but I do not see "PnP OS" -- I don't really
see anything that would lead me to believe this is a legacy issue.
These are relatively new systems with SATA CDROMs and SATA HDs, etc...

I guess I'm stuck with i386 for now...

Thx/Sx  =)


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Dell C521 and AMD64 NetInst CD ISO

2007-11-08 Thread Bill Jones
Greetings:

I have several Dell C521 systems and the current AMD64 NetInst CD ISO
hangs almost immediately after the "cfq" is enabled...

Can anyone confirm or deny this?  I have tried several systems and
burned a few coffee coasters already ...

Thx/Sx


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Re: apt-get autoremove

2007-10-10 Thread Bill Jones
It first appeared in Lenny -- my up-to-date Etch doesn't have it.

-Sx-

On 10/2/07, Hans-J. Ullrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> since when does the option "autoremove" exist in apt-.get ?
> I found nothing about it in the changelogs. Did I miss something ?

> Is "apt-get autoremove" intend to replace "orphaner" ?


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Re: Bugs

2007-07-09 Thread Bill Jones

Is the partition already mounted?

What does the command `df -fT` show?

On 7/9/07, Cavan Mejias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

The drive cannot be
mounted, this is a bug in the application?  I am trying to access a  14 GB
FAT 32  partition



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Re: opteron 175: only one core recognized

2007-06-26 Thread Bill Jones

Unless I am mis-reading the AMD spec this chip is a 1-way:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_9240,00.html

The current kernels should work, but will likely show up as only 1 CPU.
Bill

On 6/25/07, Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I tried to search the archives, but i got an "internal server error" from
lists.debian.org.

Looks like there's no seperate smp kernel anymore. 2.6.18-4 seems to
support
smp, but it doesn't recognize my dual core 175. I don't see any newer
kernels.

processor   : 0
vendor_id   : AuthenticAMD
cpu family  : 15
model   : 35
model name  : AMD Hammer Family processor - Model Unknown
stepping: 2
cpu MHz : 2210.803
cache size  : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings: 1
core id : 0
cpu cores   : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp  : yes
flags   : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm
3dnowext 3dnow up pni
bogomips: 4424.24
TLB size: 1024 4K pages
clflush size: 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp


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Re: [UWAGA SPAM] Re: debian on sun x4200

2007-06-26 Thread Bill Jones

PMFJI (I haven't read the whole thread) and since it has been 'years' since
I have run Debian on SUN please take what I write with caution.

Are the proper SUN disk labels still in effect?  The SUN version of a BIOS
will not "bless" a Hard Drive unless it has the proper disk labels.  We are
talking about Debian AMD64 on this [
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x4200/specs.xml ] X4200 system?

Is it the X4200 or the X4200 M2 -- I'm not sure if the AMD Opteron 2000
series chips are supported?

HTH/Bill


On 6/24/07, Maciej Jan Broniarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Does it load LILO/GRUB?
No, it doesn't

> Does it start loading the kernel? Which kernel
No.





> I am trying to install debian on Sun X4200 server.