AC-0.9 Testing Results (was: Re: Alpha Core ISO Images)

Arkadiy Chapkis - Arc achapkis at dls.net
Sat Oct 16 19:07:20 UTC 2004


  On AS200 4/233 the GUI did not start, but was able to install with text mode. And it doesn't configure the machine,
so I have to manually edit the network info files. Plus I have to manage MILO image and linload.exe which is somewhat
painfull.

>
>Jay Estabrook wrote:
>> The first batch of machines I've tried it on were:
>> 
>> 	machine		graphics	SCSI	IDE	result
>> 	=======		========	====	===	======
>> 	DS20		Radeon 7500	NCR896	CD	GUI install OK
>> 		* SMP kernel is broken
>> 		* xorg-x11 3D support works! :-)
>> 
>> 	LX164		3DLabs VX1	2940UW	CD	GUI install OK
>> 		* Permedia2 OK also
>> 		* Voodoo Banshee, ATI Rage 128 OK in 3D! :-)
>> 		* Adaptec 39160 SCSI was fine also
>> 
>> 	MIATA		Millennium 2	QLogic	CD	GUI install OK
>> 
>> 	PC164		Permedia2	QLogic	CD	GUI install OK
>> 		* Millennium I causes X server crash
>> 		* NCR 875 works fine
>> 
>> 	AS800		S3 Trio64V+	QLogic		GUI install OK
>> 		* S3 Trio64V+ a little "noisy" but worked
>> 
>> 	AS250		Permedia2	NCR875		GUI install OK
>> 		* Millennium II caused X server crash
>> 
>> 	AS400		Permedia2	NCR810		GUI install OK
>> 
>> 	AS2100A		Permedia2	NCR810		GUI install OK
>> 
>> 	AS500		Permedia2	NCR875		GUI install OK
>> 
>> On XLT and AS1000A, the kernel hangs after the "Serial: 8250/16550 driver"
>> message.
>> 
>> AS1200 and AS4100 would not successfully boot the install kernel.
>
>
>   Add AS5300 to that...  :(
>


                                      Arc C.
                                      achapkis at dls.net




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