Unable to boot kernel on ANY Compaq system

Jack Bowling jbinpg at shaw.ca
Wed Aug 11 21:02:19 UTC 2004


On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 12:48:44PM -0700, Kevin Wang wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:45:19 -0400, David Nedrow <listbox at nedron.net> wrote:
> > No other theories out there?
> > 
> > Note that even though I didn't specifically mention it, I have tried
> > the uniprocessor kernels with no change.
> > 
> > Also tried ide=nodma with no change.
> > 
> > -David
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Aug 9, 2004, at 15:04, David Nedrow wrote:
> > 
> > > I have been unable to install or boot FC2, FC3T1, or devel using the
> > > default kernels on ANY Compaq system that I have access to. The
> > > Compaqs are DL360s, 1850's, and 4500s with SMART array controllers and
> > > 896 meg of RAM.
<snip>

Note that with most Compaqs, you must ensure that the option to "Enable
legacy USB support" is turned off in the BIOS to install linux. Look for
something like that and nuke it to see if things improve.


-- 
Jack Bowling
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