IBM Netfinity 5000

[Roberto Ragusa]

Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> 
>    I have an old Netfinity 5000 server that used to run WinNT and I'd
> like to install Fedora on it, any "recent" version would do (basically,
> from 10 up).  I started with a Fedora 12 DVD and it booted partway ...
> froze, then the screen said 'Cannot find root partition.'  So I decided
> to try a Fedora 10 disc instead, same result.  Tried using an F10 LIVE
> KDE disk, same thing.  It just won't boot up.
> 
>    Hardware wise, it has 2 SCSI drives in it, and an IDE DVD drive.  A
> dual head Matrox card has been put in to replace the original planar
> video on the board.  Any suggestions where I should start diagnosing
> this beast?  Thanks!

It sounds like a problem in detecting the DVD drive. Strange, if it
is just IDE.

I woud try some other Live distribution, just to have more data
(does if fail? what kind of controller does it see? ...).
Old glorious Knoppyx, for example.

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