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Re: HP Netserver LPr
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Bogstad)
Tue Aug 24 19:42:39 1999
To: "Fisher, Doug" <fisher@qwest.com>
cc: "Linux-Scsi (E-mail)" <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:32:02 EDT."
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From: Bill Bogstad <bogstad@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:36:41 -0400
>Has anyone had any success in getting Redhat 6.0 installed on an HP
>Netserver LPr. Here's my config:
>
>1 GB RAM
>Dual 450 Mhz Pentium II
>Symbios SYM53C895 SCSI controller
>
>
>When I try to install i get a Kernel Panic Unable to mount root fs on
>8:21(booting from disk or CD).
>
>According to HP the LPr is supported with the Redhat Commercial Server
>Version (which I don't have).
>
>Anybody know what options you need to add to the kernel to get this hardware
>to be supported?
I've had problems with the standard kernel that comes on the RH6.0
CD not supporting installs onto a 1Gigabyte RAM machine. Remove
some DIMMS and do the install. Then get virgin 2.0.36 source (without
RH's modifications) and build a new kernel. I believe you'll be okay
if you do this.
Good Luck,
Bill Bogstad
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