AGREE completely. Will stick w/ TSL2.2, and prompt my firm to major hw upgrade. (I'm actually running TSL on 7 machines right now, and upgrading everything would not be that cheap).
Ivan > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Gregory S. Youngblood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: venerdì 15 luglio 2005 18.12 > A: Brunello Ivan > Cc: Steven Lutrov; [email protected] > Oggetto: Re: R: TSL 3.0 Error when installing on Compaq DL360 > > I've found 2.6 to be very, VERY finicky on a lot of hardware, > especially older hardware. In many ways, 2.6 feels flaky, > unreliable, and not finished. I haven't seen problems like > these in years, and then it was usually in dev kernels (odd > #s). Problems with 2.6 is actually why I started looking into > Mac and *BSD. I haven't switched anything away from Linux > yet. [And, Mac OS X (10.3.x at least, haven't retested on > 10.4) can be crashed by rsyncing a lot of files over the > network. :( At least I could reliably crash it when I was > trying to backup some data from a Linux box to a Mac drive.] > > In my case, other hardware issues (and a great sale > w/rebates) prompted a hardware upgrade, so many of my > problems with 2.6 are not a moot point. Based on my > experience, if you want to run Linux, and you have older > hardware, use 2.4 kernels and you'll have good results. > > Greg > > On Jul 15, 2005, at 4:21 AM, Brunello Ivan wrote: > > > It turned out an error in kernel 2.6 timings. > > > > Although the driver is correct, the timings too strict, and the hw > > does not answer in time. > > > > Looking around in forums for such issue. > > The only reference I found was: > > http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/unattended- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/71351.html > > > > Meanwhile, I'm installing 2.2 & searching for linux 2.6 > compatible hw. > > > > This is the second piece of hw not working on TSL 3.0 (first was a > > supermicro DER370+ server). > > It seems Linux 2.6 won't work on any of my servers. > > > > Maybe some IBM.... > > > > Ivan > > > > > > > > > >> -----Messaggio originale----- > >> Da: Steven Lutrov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Inviato: venerdì 15 luglio 2005 12.10 > >> A: Brunello Ivan > >> Cc: [email protected] > >> Oggetto: Re: TSL 3.0 Error when installing on Compaq DL360 > >> > >> Brunello Ivan wrote: > >> > >>> When I try to install TSL3.0 on a Compaq DL360, it claims > >>> > >> is does not > >> > >>> find hard drives. > >>> > >>> The error seems to be kernel-related. > >>> > >>> Any hint? > >>> > >>> cpqarray ida0: idaSendPciCmd Timeout out, No command list address > >>> returned! > >>> cpqarray: error sending ID controller > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> tsl-discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Hi Ivan, > >> > >> I get the same here. Worked OK on 2.1 and 2.2. Will check what > >> modules are loaded... > >> > >> /steven > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > tsl-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
