computer freezes, disks spin, unhappiness abounds

[Mogens Kjaer]

Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
...
> Hmm, it seems that people have been reporting this problem for years,
> regardless of OS:

We have a few dc7700 with Linux

To get CentOS 5 to work on these, one has to
add

pci=nomsi,nommconf hda=noprobe hdc=noprobe

to the kernel boot parameters.

Without the pci=nomsi,nommconf it doesn't boot,
without the hda=noprobe hdc=noprobe the disk
is terrible slow.

But I don't recall having problems with newer Fedora's
on these machines.

Mogens

-- 
Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department
Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Mobile: +45 22 12 53 25
Email: mk at crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk