On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 05:17:06PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "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). Yeah, I booted a bigsur with the 2.6.22 kernel bigsur config a couple months ago. I ran into userland issues as the OS was ancient. Good Luck, Robin - 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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