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[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephan Kulow wrote:

> Am Donnerstag 27 August 2009 schrieb Per Jessen:
> > I had some spare time, so I decided to give M6 a spin.  Not overly
> > successful, though.
> >
> > Context:
> > Software: M6 IA32, NET iso, repo=factory.
> > Hardware - Proliant server, dual Intel PIII, 256M RAM.
> > Installation on 2-drive RAID5 SCSI array behind Compaq Smart-Array.
> >
> > I tried it four times, all produced a hung system, in a hard lock up.
> > No flashing keyboard LEDs, no indication of any kind. Had to power
> > off to get the system restarted.
> > I then tried with "noacpi apic=off" which at first seemed to work,
> > but then still ended up hung.
> >
> > One clear regression - on the two attempts where I got as far as
> > switching the bootloader to LILO before the system hung, I never got
> > the window with "Boot Loader Location" (when configuring the
> > bootloader.
> >
> > Just in case this was a hardware issue, I tried an 11.0 NET install
> > instead, which is going fine just now.
> Can you test installing in text mode? 256MB might be a bit challenging
> with latest software stack - but it's just a guess

Hi Stephan

have just tried "noapic acpi=off noresume maxcpus=0" - this time it
worked.  Well, the installation is just starting now, so it'll be a
couple of hourds before I know, but it's looking better. 


/Per

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Per Jessen, Zürich (24.5°C)

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