On 28 May 2004, Alex Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 22:43, David Mosberger wrote: > > >>>>> On 28 May 2004 21:28:29 -0700, Kallol Biswas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Kallol> May be debian linux is not supported on rx2600 servers. > > > > It certainly is. We run it on may rx2600/zx6000. Are you sure the system > > hangs? Perhaps the console output goes to the wrong place? If you use > > serial console, try appending "console=ttyS0,9600n8" to the boot > > command-line > > (without quotes). > > > > Also, if your system comes with an MP/ECI/Manageability card, please > be sure to follow the documentation in the Linux Enablement Kit to > select one, and only one, serial port for a serial console. Otherwise, > there's a good chance you'll have firmware output up until the kernel > loads, but won't see anything beyond the loading of kernel and ramdisk > messages from elilo (it'll go to the other serial port).
Isn't there anything we can do in Linux to make this a bit less user-hostile? I know it's documented, but nevertheless I think every person who has tried to install Linux on these machines has got confused by it. -- Martin
