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From: Thierry Holtzer <Thierry.Holtzer@ceram.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.unix.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbds.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Cannot install Linux on old-timer PS/VP
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 13:08:57 +0200
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Hello there,
We can boot the installer iff we tell LILO/loadlinx to "noprobe" the
disk (then we cannot fdisk or mount or whatever).
PS/VP are mentioned in the HOWTOs, many transactions found in the news
during last 2 years about same symptoms, but the hints given do not do
it: hd=cyls,heads,sect and/or hd=noprobe and/or ide=noprobe
Has somenone succeeded in running Linux on these platforms, after
having met the same pb ?
Could some experts in hdparm.c/ide.c/etc (and better understanding than
mine of these platforms) give us hints ?
Could users of other free Unices tell us about their experience on these
platforms ?
Hardware: IBM PS/VP 6384-C20 (aka 325T), 386-4/6M-80M
Install: Slackware 3.0, RedHat 2.1, via loadlinx or LILO
Symptom: IDE drive is said to be not ready, timeout.
Please reply by mail, I'll sum up -- hope I'll have to :-(
TIA,
Thierry Holtzer
E-mail : Thierry.Holtzer@ceram.fr
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