Re: Debian on a Compaq Deskpro XL

[Nico De Ranter]

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nico De Ranter) writes:
> 
> > I'm trying to install Debian Linux on a Compaq Deskpro XL.
> > I have located the Linux Compaq Deskpro XL HOWTO but there
> > is only information on how to create the bootdisks for Slackware
> > and RedHat.  Did anybody try to install Debian on such a
> > system?
> 
> I've been running Debian quite happily on my Deskpro XL at work for a
> few months now.
> 
> All I had to do was download the kernel patch available from a URL
> given in that HOWTO, apply it to a copy of the source I had on a
> friend's machine, make a kernel, mount the rescue disk, copy the new
> kernel over the old one, and run rdev.sh on the floppy. And everything
> worked like a charm. :)
> 

I have tried this, but I still get:

 "pcibios_init: BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fa000
  pcibios_init: entry in high memory, trying direct PCI access
  pcibios_init: Not supported chipset for direct PCI access
  pci_init: no BIOS32 detected"

then later he just blocks with:

 "/etc/rc done."

I have patched version 2.0.30 of the kernel and compiled it, then put
a copy as "linux" on the rescue disk.  Ran rdev.sh in the directory
where the disk was mounted.

I'm trying to install on a Compaq Deskpro XL 560.

Am I forgetting something?

Nico.





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Re: Debian on a Compaq Deskpro XL

[Che Fox]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nico De Ranter) writes:

> I'm trying to install Debian Linux on a Compaq Deskpro XL.
> I have located the Linux Compaq Deskpro XL HOWTO but there
> is only information on how to create the bootdisks for Slackware
> and RedHat.  Did anybody try to install Debian on such a
> system?

I've been running Debian quite happily on my Deskpro XL at work for a
few months now.

All I had to do was download the kernel patch available from a URL
given in that HOWTO, apply it to a copy of the source I had on a
friend's machine, make a kernel, mount the rescue disk, copy the new
kernel over the old one, and run rdev.sh on the floppy. And everything
worked like a charm. :)

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Debian on a Compaq Deskpro XL

[Nico De Ranter]

Howdy,

I'm trying to install Debian Linux on a Compaq Deskpro XL.
I have located the Linux Compaq Deskpro XL HOWTO but there
is only information on how to create the bootdisks for Slackware
and RedHat.  Did anybody try to install Debian on such a
system?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Nico.

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1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth
Telephone: +32 2 724 17 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86
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