Hi all! Do you folks mind a "user" question that may not even be Debian related?
I just saved an AlphaServer 2100 from the dump. It was running (Tru64) when I got it, and I'd really like to get it up on Debian. I've been a user of the system for several years, but never installed anything and know just about nothing about the architecture. Also, it is not filling up _my_ basement, so I only get to try getting it up once a week. :-) Finally, the sysadmin who gave it to me did so on the condition that I'd never bother him about the box, so I have nobody I can ask. I can't even boot it now. I have the disks it last ran, but they were not in the chassis when I got them, so most likely, I have not inserted them in the original order. I guess that could be significant. On power on, it does some self-tests, and complains that something is invalid with EISA, and tells me to run a EISA configuration utility. I guess that's a good idea, but where do I find that utility? It then passes that point, tests some I/O, but then stops saying something about dra 0.0.7.0 being wrong and then powers down so fast I can't even read the whole message. On google, I've learnt this has something to do with the disks. Is there hope that I can get this running? May it be that that last problem can be corrected by the EISA reconfiguration? Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Programmer / Astrophysicist / Ski-orienteer / Orienteer / Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
