>>>>> "Alexei" == Alexei Gerasimov <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Alexei> I have faced a problem of getting an operating system for Alexei> it. Namely, Linux. I have tried installing both Debian 3.0r6 Alexei> Woody and Debian 4.0r1 Etch, however, the CD kernel doesn't Alexei> succeed to boot. Somewhere after probing for USB and SCSI Alexei> devices, the video signal is lost (monitor switches into a Alexei> stand-by mode), and nothing else happens. Since I'm using some Alexei> old Matrox graphics card, I thought it could be a problem with Alexei> framebuffer, but disabling the framebuffer didn't help. Hmmm. I boot i2000s at least once a month to make sure Linux still works with the latest kernels. But I use the BigSur defconfig, not the generic one the distros use (note to self: try with a generic kernel). I strongly suggest trying to boot using a serial console. The video stuff has been pretty flakey at various times. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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