Hi, I've recently obtained an i2000. Dual 800MHz first generation Itanium with 2GB RAM and about 80GB of diskspace on three SCSI disks. It's currently running HP-UX 11.22, so I know the machine works. This is my fastest system with room for more internal disks, so I thought about letting it do some server tasks.
I tried the debian-3.1r3 netinst.iso and the debian-testing netinst.iso. Both won't boot any kernel successfully. I always get a kernel panic of some sort or it just freezes. I have tried all available kernels on these CDs. I read some documentation and found that some Itanium1 systems have problems booting Linux when the firmware is not recent. My system has 1.17. I could upgrade to 1.30, but you need a freaky LS120 floppy to install the update (more than 10 year old DEC Alpha can boot their firmware update from cdrom, so I certainly wonder why it was chosen to be that way on the I2000). Before I buy a useless LS120 I would like to know more about this. Is it really possible that the kernel won't even boot when the firmware is a bit too old? Another question: Are the internal IDE ports of the i2000 really only UDMA33? I planed to install two IDE disks (UDMA 133, 120GB + 160GB) and it would be great if I could plug them into the internal IDE instead of using a PCI IDE controller. When replying, please add a CC: to me, because I'm not on the list TIA, Dennis -- Don't suffer from insanity... Enjoy every minute of it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
