This you may find interesting, a budd and me got mdk8.1 to run on an old IBM PC 520 server, well sort of.
I am not sure if it is a hardware trouble or not, but sometimes, it will say that the system drive is "present but not ready". It also does not find the raid array, which I believe is an Adaptec 7870 or 7078 or something like that. The video is really wierd too, what should be the red background of the root log in, is a strange dirty yellow crosshatch pattern for a few minutes, then it is red like it should be, wierd. Sorry if not enough info, I will try to provide some more as I work with the old tank a little more. No rush, just when ever :) Thanks
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