Re: E1k And RedHat

21-Oct-02 at 21:50, Ryan Frank ([email protected]) wrote :
> On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 05:25, Simon White wrote:
> > 20-Oct-02 at 22:58, Ryan Frank ([email protected]) wrote :
> > > Hello all!  Trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a SPARCServer 1000e.  This
> > > particular machine has 256MB of ram and 8 50mhz CPUs... I get all the
> > > way through to the reboot... Then the post comes up, SILO loads, when it
> > > goes to the next section (booting kernel... or close to it...) it locks
> > > hard... no Stop-a, nothing... I can get Solaris 8 10/00 on it no
> > > problem... Any ideas? Have not tried debian, suse, or mandrake (just
> > > downloaded all of them...).
> > 
> > Have you made sure you've got the SMP (multiprocessor) kernel installed?
> > 
> > Only thing I can think of, sorry if this is no help!
> > 
> 
> Well, I don't have much of a choice at that point... It is as soon as
> the installer finishes, then reboots... that is when this problem
> occurs, I guess I could try single user and see if that lets me in...
> I'll let ya know!  Thanks for the help!

Well, usually RedHat sets up SILO to give you (possibly) more than one
option. If you only have one option, then it's usually already an SMP
enabled kernel. 

You could try the newer Sparc RedHat fork, which is roughly in line with
7.3, if only I could remember what it is called...

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