Linux problems galore.

[Dialup Jon Norstog]

Dear Jeff, & list:

You could have a hardware problem.  Sometimes these problems can be made to go
away, at least temporarily, by leaving the system running for a day or two,
then rebooting.  Old silicon that has sat idle for a long time can be a little
cranky until it gets warmed up.  

You could reduce the hardware load by running just a SCSI card plus your
Millenium 2 (and a NIC if you need one.)  You might also try leaving out some
RAM, juggling sticks around a bit to see if there are any bad ones.

I had a 500a that I **could** not get a clean RH 7.2 install onto, until I
replaced the Micron PC133 RAM in it with the old original DEC ram.  SRM saw
the memory as good ...

just a thought

jn

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Jeff A." <jeff.abell at intnlsoftwareproducts.com>
To: "Linux and Red Hat on Alpha processors" <axp-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:06:44 -0400
Subject: Linux problems galore.

> Okay.  I have a 164SX and a 533 chip.  I cannot, ever, get a 
> reliable Linux install.  It does not matter what hardware I use in 
> the machine, AlphaBIOS or SRM, FTP or DVD, SuSE 8.1 has bad magic 
> errors on random packages.  You can get the system working 
> eventually if it doesn't damage certain things. I got Red Hat 7.2, 
> and it just doesn't seem to want to behave.  Fourth time trying to 
> install, it just crapped out when I switched CDs a minute ago.  I 
> had it installed once but it was wacky.  I've probably installed 
> SuSE like 35 times.
> 
> This is just getting stupid.  What the hell?!
> 
> Windows NT works.
> 
> JA
> 
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