Are the keyboards USB or PS/2? Have you any way (perhaps by navigating the BIOS setup screens) to verify basic communication with the keyboards?
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried stock Fedora 7. > > It still hangs. It hangs after being prompted for the keyboard language. > That is exactly where it hung using the OLPC installer. > > There is no problem seeing the drives. I was able to change the > partition table using Gparted. So I don't think the problem is RAID > controller compatibility. > > I've tried several different keyboards. The keyboards seem to work fine. > But the system hangs after being asked for the keyboard type (language). > > Any suggestions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Watlington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:07 PM > To: Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) > Cc: John Watlington; Martin Langhoff; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; server-devel > Subject: Re: XS software compatibility question > > > Can you try installing stock Fedora 7 on them ? > > I suspect that the disk drive controllers are too new for Fedora7... > > wad > > On May 19, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) wrote: > >> We received the new servers for the pilot school. >> >> However, I think there may be a compatibility issue. >> >> When the installer reaches the blue screen (olpc-install), the >> machine just hangs. <ctrl><alt><del>, the server reboots. Nothing else > >> I've pressed does anything. I did try another keyboard with the same >> results. >> >> This server is LINUX compatible and can be shipped from the factory >> with LINUX. >> >> It is a Dell 300 with >> 2 Gig RAM >> Dual 500Gig drives with RAID-1. >> Dell SAS 6 Host Bus Adapter BIOS >> MTPBIOS 6.14.10.00 (2007.09.29) >> >> Do you have any suggestions? >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> Andrew Berkowitz >> DOE >> 2 MetroTech Center, Suite 3900 >> Brooklyn, NY 11201 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 718-935-5471 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > -- Steve Holton [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel