agpgart detection hangs FC5 boot process on IBM xSeries 300

[David C. Chipman]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 19:55:40 -0400
"Giles Orr" <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 4/4/07, CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 April 2007, Giles Orr wrote:
> > > My brother has an older IBM xSeries 300 (I think that's the
> > > correct name) at work, and they're trying to run Fedora Core 5 on
> > > it.  I would have suggested another distro, but they need FC5 for
> > > a specific application, or so they're told by their consultant.
> > > The machine is a 1U server, Celeron 950MHz(?), dual IBM NICs,
> > > 640Mb memory, S3 Savage Pro 4 video.  The installation goes fine,
> > > and everything works fine if you run the CD in rescue mode - the
> > > NICs work, but everything is text mode.  They aren't concerned
> > > with X.
> > [snip]
> >
> > Try booting using Knoppix or some other live distro to see what
> > happens.
> 
> Sorry, I should have mentioned: that was pretty much my first thought.
>  Knoppix hung completely, even in failsafe mode.  I apologize that I
> didn't write down the errors or where it hung ... but I did try it.
> 
 Hi Giles, 

Could you test Knoppix again, and get the errors written down? That
would be a help. Later, and good luck!

-David Chipman
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