Install hangs on Proliant 1600

[Ken Scott]

On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 16:36, Ron Patton wrote:
> Has anyone had success installing Redhat 7.3, or newer, on a Compaq
> Proliant 1600 server? The install hangs right after it fails to probe
> the monitor.  I have tried v7.3, 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, Fedora, and Suse with
> the same result each time.  I have tried the nofb, noprobe, text, and
> mem=896M switches to no avail.
> 

Have you tried to boot a live-CD like Knoppix (really good hardware
detection) or Morphix-Gnome (my favorite).  You can troubleshoot
hardware issues prior to any install and can apply whatever you learn to
installing Fedora (or what ever you finally chose to use).
Ken