Linux problems galore.

[Jeff A.]

Well, I took a look-see inside my machine and some nard (you know, me) had
some PC133 in there.  I've swapped it out for some generic crap 100 that I
found in this mess of a basement...  There is NO quality RAM around here.

I'll let you know how it goes as I play with it.  The boot seemed faster,
and nothing has bombed yet, but Red Hat still feels off... the midi player
plays for a few seconds then sound ceases to be produced.  If you scan into
the middle of the file, it'll play and drop out again.  What's with that?

JA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dialup Jon Norstog" <thursday at allidaho.com>
To: "Linux and Red Hat on Alpha processors" <axp-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: Linux problems galore.


> Dear Jeff, & list:
>
> You could have a hardware problem.  Sometimes these problems can be made
to go
> away, at least temporarily, by leaving the system running for a day or
two,
> then rebooting.  Old silicon that has sat idle for a long time can be a
little
> cranky until it gets warmed up.
>
> You could reduce the hardware load by running just a SCSI card plus your
> Millenium 2 (and a NIC if you need one.)  You might also try leaving out
some
> RAM, juggling sticks around a bit to see if there are any bad ones.
>
> I had a 500a that I **could** not get a clean RH 7.2 install onto, until I
> replaced the Micron PC133 RAM in it with the old original DEC ram.  SRM
saw
> the memory as good ...
>
> just a thought
>
> jn
>
> --
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>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Jeff A." <jeff.abell at intnlsoftwareproducts.com>
> To: "Linux and Red Hat on Alpha processors" <axp-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:06:44 -0400
> Subject: Linux problems galore.
>
> > Okay.  I have a 164SX and a 533 chip.  I cannot, ever, get a
> > reliable Linux install.  It does not matter what hardware I use in
> > the machine, AlphaBIOS or SRM, FTP or DVD, SuSE 8.1 has bad magic
> > errors on random packages.  You can get the system working
> > eventually if it doesn't damage certain things. I got Red Hat 7.2,
> > and it just doesn't seem to want to behave.  Fourth time trying to
> > install, it just crapped out when I switched CDs a minute ago.  I
> > had it installed once but it was wacky.  I've probably installed
> > SuSE like 35 times.
> >
> > This is just getting stupid.  What the hell?!
> >
> > Windows NT works.
> >
> > JA
> >
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