[9fans] Some more help

[9fans] Some more help

[Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997]

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

Re: [9fans] Some more help

[Eric Dorman]

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

Re: [9fans] Some more help

[Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997]

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:

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> 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
>

Re: [9fans] Some more help

[Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997]

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Thats fine but how do i add that it now since im hanging all the time.

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:

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>
> i'd suspect the portclock.c problem, not the hardware,
> and not the graphics adapter.
> i've sent him a copy of the fixed portclock.c that might help.
>
>

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:51:41 -0700

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

From: Eric Dorman <edorman@san.rr.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Some more help
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:51:41 -0700
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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

Re: [9fans] Some more help

[Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997]

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It looks like this might work, except we'vew come up with a new
problem(sorry to bother you again).  We can't compile the kernel
anymore.  IT begins compiling, then just hangs.  The process dump says its
still runnning and we let it run, but no progress is made.  Any
suggestions?


On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:

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> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
> Subject: Re: [9fans] Some more help
>
> i'd suspect the portclock.c problem, not the hardware,
> and not the graphics adapter.
> i've sent him a copy of the fixed portclock.c that might help.
>
>

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:51:41 -0700

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

From: Eric Dorman <edorman@san.rr.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Some more help
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:51:41 -0700
Message-ID: <3AD2BB8D.4427CF30@san.rr.com>

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

Re: [9fans] Some more help

[forsyth]

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i'd suspect the portclock.c problem, not the hardware,
and not the graphics adapter.
i've sent him a copy of the fixed portclock.c that might help.


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From: Eric Dorman <edorman@san.rr.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Some more help
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:51:41 -0700
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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