Many problems last weekend.

Post #68,178 by Brandioch 12/11/02 3:18:09 PM Reply	Many problems last weekend. I upgraded two ancient boxes from Red Hat 6.x to Debian. I used the boot CD and 24bf (bf24?) I couldn't get the Intel EtherExpressPro 100 cards to work. I kept getting DMA errors from the Promise PCI IDE interface, APIC dummy errors, etc...... But if I installed 2.2, everything worked fine. So, I yanked the hard drive from one of the servers-to-be-upgraded and put it in a new box and did the 2.4 install on all new hardware. It worked perfectly. Then I built my own 2.4.20 kernel (kernel-package rox!) an took out all the cool new features. I installed my custom kernel and put the hard drive into the old box and it worked perfectly. I did the 2.4 install on the other box and copied the kernel package over to that one (via CD) and now that one works perfectly, also. Ancient hardware: Tyan Tomcat IV motherboard. Promise PCI IDE controller (33). Intel EtherExpressPro 100 cards from 5 years ago.
Post #68,179 by admin 12/11/02 3:20:02 PM Reply	bf 2.4 (boot floppies) Fear the day I start answering Debian questions. ;-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #68,186 by Brandioch 12/11/02 3:50:00 PM Reply	My floppies sux0r. One of the machines doesn't even have a floppy drive anymore. The floppies I had laying around (how many years old are these? they're covered in dust!) kept giving me errors when I tried to dd the image to them. le sigh Even at work, we don't have any new floppies.
Post #68,188 by admin 12/11/02 3:53:45 PM Reply	I used the miniCD distros There were four linked off the Debian page. I used the one marked "boot-bf2.4-with-basedebs". No boot floopies needed. :-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #68,222 by Brandioch 12/11/02 5:28:01 PM Reply	I need an easy way to replace the kernel in those. Yep, those are awesome. But I don't know how to swap their stock kernel with my custom kernel. Other than install everything then toss in the next CD with the custom kernel. Well, they're re-usable, re-writable CD's so it isn't a problem with wasting CD's. I'd just like to stream-line the process a bit more. I'm checking into jigdo to see if that's an option.
Post #68,194 by imric 12/11/02 4:02:57 PM Reply	Boyoboy! I'll try it if ISAPNP advice doesn't work... Lotsa work, though. Leanig more toward more HW replacement, though. Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #68,220 by deSitter 12/11/02 5:20:02 PM Reply	Re: Boyoboy! I would avoid isapnp - archaic. If you have ISA devices, configure them manually. -drl
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Post #68,224 by Brandioch 12/11/02 5:30:17 PM Reply	I am morally opposed to trashing working tech. A man is never so tall as when he stoops to help a small computer. It has a processor rated for 233 MILLION cycles per SECOND! It has a network card that can push 100 MILLION bits per SECOND! No way can this be useless. It's got more processing POWER than NASA had when they put a man on the moon! :)

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