Re: RedHat 6.1 on DS10 with IDE via FTP too slow

["Wes Bauske" <wsb paralleldata com>]

Sven Crouse wrote:
> 
> Thanks to those earlier responses to what I originally thought a IDE
> and/or network problem.  The installation program proceeds at an slow
> speed until the package installation at which point it crawls with an
> estimated completion time of 34,000 hours ( that's 34 thousand ).  This
> ftp is between two DS10s with hardware set to 100Mbit Full Duplex ( set
> ew*0 FastFD in SRM ) and connected via a Netgear FS104 switch which
> indicates 100Mbit Full-Duplex.  I think that the problem is with the
> installation program.  I'm tired of wasting time on this and wonder if
> the installation program can be run once I get a minimal installation of
> machine working?
> 

Yes, you can run "rpm" to install whatever packages you want
after installing a base system.

Most likely though, you need to build your own kernel for
your system and replace the tulip.c file with the latest
from Donald Becker's site. The built-in 21142 chips require
the latest driver or they behave badly. I would seriously
consider using a local cd/cdrom to install. Just did 7 DS10's
that way for RH6.0 without trouble. (then replaced tulip.o so 
network worked) 

I don't know why the kernel still uses the older tulip but
it's a pain in the butt for me since I always need the latest
one.


Wes