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On Saturday 01 March 2008, Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> Hello list, |
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> I am struggling with an old Compaq Proliant 1600 for a while. It |
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> boots perfectly using the Minimal Install CD, and all the install |
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> process goes well. When its time to boot its own kernel, GRUB loads |
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> the files, goes to the message "OK, booting the kernel." and just |
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> hangs there. I used genkernel to compile the kernel. I'm now trying |
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> to compile it manually to see if it will work. |
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> Please note that this particular machine has no SMART-2 Array |
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> controller, so the disks are seen as common SCSI devices (sda and |
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> sdb), currently I'm installing the whole system at sda, leaving "b" |
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> untouched for backup purposes when I get this beast up and running. |
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> Anyone has any experience booting one of these machines? |
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Not this specific model, but I would start by comparing the boot command |
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and modules loaded from the Minimal CD with what you are trying to use |
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when booting the installed OS. |
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Supplying some error messages, command lines and even a relevant config |
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file or two at this point might be found to be useful by those inclined |
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to help you out of this predicament....... |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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