Re: [9fans] Some more help

[Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997 <diafrate@scs.Ryerson.CA>]

Thanks, we've decided that it must be something with the hardware.
The only problem is all we have are is a 486DX-4 100mhz (that for some
reason wont install the distribution, the thing just sits after declaring
how much swap space it has. Is there a FIX to this?

We also have a 486 DX-2 for a file server, scsi, that configures pretty
well. thats just chillin out right now.

Another 486 DX-2 that keeps acting up, its our terminal, if we make it
there.

And this 486DX4-150 that causing grief, i am led to believe that this ati
3d rage that i had to literally force to display is causing the problem.

IS there a trick to initially installing the distribution????

WE have 10 hours remaining to get this done. Its 3:30 am, wrong 4:00



On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Eric Dorman wrote:

> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:51:41 -0700
> From: Eric Dorman <edorman@san.rr.com>
> Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
> Subject: Re: [9fans] Some more help
>
> Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997 wrote:
> > Could it be possibe that the system hangs upon rebootin the cpu server
> > after setup becasue of the modified vgadb we made.  It was copied onto the
> > hard drive, and inclded in the compile of the kernel.  Could it be the
> > vgamcah64xx
> > Any help is appreciated
>
> unlikely, though i typically don't run rio on my cpuservers.
>
> it sounds to me like there is something more fundamental wrong with
> your cpuserver.  another thing to try is some other hardware, just
> to compare.
>
> hang in there!
>
> --eric
>