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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!gatech!news.fsu.edu!news From: "Alfred E. Green" <green@eng.fsu.edu> 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: Re: Cannot install Linux on old-timer PS/VP Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 14:20:11 -0400 Organization: Florida State University Lines: 55 Message-ID: <339EEC5B.4400@eng.fsu.edu> References: <339E8749.4D193471@ceram.fr> Reply-To: green@eng.fsu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp31.eng.fsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) To: Thierry Holtzer <Thierry.Holtzer@ceram.fr> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems:52292 comp.os.linux.hardware:77037 comp.os.linux.setup:116467 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42755 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:77834 Why don't you check out this site(http://glycerine.cetmm.uni.edu/mca/) I got this info out of the LINUX journal. The article speaks to the IBM PS/2 55SX, but it should work for all models. Thierry Holtzer wrote: > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Dptmt Informatique d'Entreprise > CERAM Tel : +33 4 9395 4545 > Rue Dostoievski - BP 085 Fax : +33 4 9365 4524 > 06 902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex > France -- Alfred "...then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anois Nin ____________________________________________________________ green@eng.fsu.edu PERSONAL http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~green ____________________________________________________________