From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.207]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA782BF0E for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:35:52 +1100 (EST) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so389272wra for ; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:35:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <855e88d00501051935117a64ea@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:35:50 -0500 From: Mike Martin To: Ulrich Teichert In-Reply-To: <855e88d005010420367a92617a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII References: <855e88d005010405417d49dcfb@mail.gmail.com> <200501041523.j04FNoO0009594@arbas.nms.ulrich-teichert.org> <855e88d005010407396309a9f9@mail.gmail.com> <855e88d005010420367a92617a@mail.gmail.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, Philippe Guyot Subject: Re: 43p-140 install issues Reply-To: mikemartin@linux.ca List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > > > I am begining to believe that there is some sort of hardware problem with your > > > box or it is an upgraded version which was a -140 in it's previous life, but my > > > -140 is rock solid with Leigh's 2.4.19 kernel - once it's up, that is. > > > I will leave it running tonight to see what happens, [snip] > The machine was working fine under AIX when it was decomissioned. It > had some issues with a disk going bad due to heat (blocked vents). But > once they were cleared there were no issues. I am going to try the > other machine. I'll keep my finger's crossed. > > MikeMartin An update (Sucess!!!): After jogging some people's memory I found out that this machine has a PCI token ring card (which I wasn't using) because the on-board ethernet went flaky. This certainly helps explain my intermitent network, and quite possibly the short up-times before crashing. As we guessed - a hardware problem. Is there any way (jumper ?) to disable the onboard ethernet? I may try not loading the modules for it and see if the machine becomes stable. Would a standard PCI ethernet card work as a substitute (likely won't netboot)? Now the success: I put Leigh's boot floppy and the Woody root floppy (from debian.yorku.ca mirror) into the second machine at noon today. By 1pm I had a fully installed, configured and self-booting installation of Woody on a 43p-140. By 1:30 I had it re-pinned to "testing" and "dist-upgrad"ing. It was finished and running great when I left work. Since the machine is at work, I don't have much time to mess with it, (since that's not my job!) but I will try in the next week to test Sven's d-i disks on a second hard disk. It's the least I can do for the help you've all given. Thanks! MikeMartin