On Thursday 17 January 2008 15:53, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Mateo Obregon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thursday 17 January 2008 10:58, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >> Mateo Obregon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > We did manage to get it to load a Debian Sarge Netinst CD, but this > >> > kernel only uses 1 CPU. > >> > >> You could install the system and later update the kernel of it. > > > > I tried this, but the updated kernels all hand and reset the computer at > > about the same position. I compiled a new kernel from the latest stable > > source, including cpqarray and specifying SMP, but this also made the > > machine reset. > > This looks to be a kernel bug. > > > What could be causing the kernel to not boot? What options should I > > enclude or exclude in compiling a new SMP kernel from source? > > Too difficult to answer without the machine specs and a deeply look on > the log.
The machine is a 2001 Compaq Proliant 8000 server with 6 Pentium III XEONs (700MHz) and a Compaq SmartArray and 4 ultrawide SCSI disks. I upgraded the BIOS to the latest (2003) version. No pcmcia; no special graphics; no sound. The BIOS doesn't make any reference to PNP nor APCI options. The v2.4 kernels boot (although the Sarge version only uses 1 CPU), as does the 2.6 version of the Sarge boot kernel. > You could try to put Mandriva kernel on it and then get the rest of > info to make it to work. How can a get the info from a running (precompiled) Mandriva version? Thank you. Mateo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
