[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >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?
I've got an i2000 with a very similar-sounding problem. See #304267 for more details. I still have problems with standard kernels, but with a simple patch I've got a 2.6.17 kernel running happily on it now. How far does yours get before hanging? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
