On Sunday 13 January 2002 10:59 pm, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I had heaps of problems installing Debian (or any linux) on my HP > > Vectra VL. I bought it second hand and it had been set up with > > windows on it. My problems were solved by... > > > > 1) Changing the BIOS setup. PNP - no. Standard app - Yes. Some > > others I think > > > > 2) Using the 3c59x driver for the ethernet device. > > > > Then everything works fine. If this is hows its set and your still > > having probs, then it could be hardware. > > Unfortunatly there is no PNP option in my Vectra BIOS. However, I did > flash the BIOS with an update from HP/Phoenix but still the problem > persists. I'm also not running SCSI on it. The only card I have in it > is the NIC - an older Netgear NE2000 clone I bought at Frey's for $5. > > What's funny is that the system is freezing somewhat sporatically in > that it sometimes froze while compiling utils-linux but later threw an > oops with SIG 11 (are we still supposed to send these to Linus?) and > later ld just plain seg faulted (ld caused the oops with sig 11). > > My next venture is to download HP's troubleshooting disk and see > if that helps any. Thank you for all your help. >
there's a bug in the vectra series that goes way way back that prevents ne2000's, whether clones or otherwise, from even being recognized on the board. i can't remember the details but it do remember coming across it when trying to hook a 486 vectra to a client's newer machine. it just wouldn't fly. i believe that we solved the problem by plip linking the two machines. in any case, i distinctly remember that the vectra wouldn't even boot with the ne2000. the hp site has info about it at http://www.support.vectra.hp.com/vectrasupport/level4/4bpv02088/4bpv02088.html the problem on the vectra is that the card needs to be configurable to suit the vectra's quirks.
