I just got 2 old Compaq Presario's, one is model 4504 and the other a 4508. After the debian install hanging about 400 times, I finally got it installed (in parts I might add - Partitioned harddisk, froze, reboot, initialize paritions, install base, froze, ...).
Now that it is installed, it boots up fine, but when I do anything, for instance try to load the modules 8139too, I get kernel panics, then after one of them, it's a chain reaction, and I get about 10 of them. It ends up stopping at (I can't see the whole output) Code: 89 46 04 89 30 8b 41 08 89 c2 2b 54 24 14 81 fa ff 00 00 00 <0> Kernel Panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! In interrupt handler - not syncing Than the box is frozen, nothing works. Has anyone successfully installed and used debian on these models from Compaq? I have searched around on google, and it appears that Compaq has A LOT of problems with Linux. Anyhow, I got the boxes for really cheap $70 for both, and was planning on using them for NAT'ing or something... Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]