[olug] server install help

[Nathan D. Rotschafer]

Some older machines have buggy ACPI implementations which might be  
related to your error.  You might be able to shut it off in the BIOS  
or I know there is parameter you can pass fedora core to shut off  
support for it I just don't remember off the top of my head.  Might  
be worth a shot since you mention ACPI issues...

Nathan D. Rotschafer
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On Aug 7, 2005, at 12:52 AM, A-Wal wrote:

> Dave Thacker wrote:
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>> So how's your back?  I've had one of these in the basement for a  
>> couple of years.  It took two of us to get it down the stairs.   I  
>> really should move it upstairs, but.....
>>
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>
> It's certainly a heavy beast, but me and my father were able to  
> manage getting it upstairs.
>
>
>> First things first.  You might need a Compaq/HP system disk to get  
>> your raid into shape.   I have one in the bowels of my basement.   
>> I'll see if I can dig it out tomorrow.  I think I owe someone else  
>> on the list a copy of this.
>>
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>
> Actually, I was able to download all the support disk ISOs from the  
> HP website.  It took a little digging, but I was even able to find  
> a ROMPaq bios update on there website.  Trust me, they didn't want  
> it to be found!  The array is configured on the bios end of things,  
> and Redhat 7.1 has no problems at all detecting and installing on  
> it.  However, Fedora and Suse are being pricks.
>
>
>> With the raid configured, I've had Slackware 9.1 on the machine.   
>> It's currently due for a re-load, so maybe we can collaborate.
>>
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> Slackware is an option I hadn't thought of.  Did it auto-detect the  
> hardware and install automatically, or did you need additional  
> modual install disks for it?  I was also thinking of downloading  
> the free version of Solaris 10.  The HP website says it supports  
> Solaris 8, so I was thinking that 10 may work.  However, that's  
> what I thought about RH 7 and Fedora too. :(  I do know that RH 7  
> does work though, cause I'm using it right now.
>
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