Solved incase someone else runs into this. I was
compiling Kernel 2.4 on this machine and behold there
was the old configuration question about PCI, EISA,
or ISA. This is a EISA which the installer did not pick
up on. I set it to the EISA bus and all is well now.
Eddie Strohmier
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> Eddie Strohmier
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RH 6.2 install failing...
>
>
>
> Hello:
>
> I am in the process of building a local network
> for a school, (doing this
> for free as the school is in financial need)
> using a dialup login for
> internet access. All is fine and well but I now
> want to add a firewall as I
> feel that DSL or cable will just be around the
> corner and want the added
> protection. I have an old Digital Prioris P-90
> SCSI system from my early ISP
> days. Believe it or not 4 and 1/2 years ago we
> used RH 4.2 on this machine
> as our DNS server. Well now I'd like to use it as
> the firewall for this
> school network as it servers no function in my
> home other than taking up
> space. I am running into an error that I can not
> seem to resolve via the
> archives on moongroup.com or redhat.com. The
> machine fails with the
> installer on a simple RH 6.2 load. It errors out
> with references to unable
> to write various anaconda files in their proper
> directories. I have tried
> loading the machine without anaconda and I make
> it but my NIC card is not
> seen nor does the addition of an alias to
> conf.modules work. In fact if I
> add a line to conf.modules for the NIC card it
> will see it but fails to
> communicate with network. I have ruled out the
> NIC card hardware problem
> because I have tried 3 other cards that I know
> work. I believe the culprit
> to be my BIOS system but I recently had this
> machine up and running Windoze
> (98) for my kids and it saw this same NIC card
> fine with the same BIOS
> system. I remember someone on the list having a
> problem very similar to this
> and his only resolution was to replace the NIC
> card. The difference with his
> system was that it happened on a reboot and the
> errors started to be
> reported. The Digital Prioris P-90 does not have
> a BIOS that shows
> interrupts during bootup nor what hardware other
> than hard drive and CD-ROM
> that were detected. I am sending this to the list
> in hopes that maybe
> someone is running this same machine and has
> found a resolution to this. I
> have tried everything I know how but have never
> had this much difficulty in
> getting Linux to run on any system. Seems my easy
> way out is just to scrap
> it and find another cheap 486 with 1 gig drive.
> Any ideas? If more info is
> need please let me know and I will write down the
> exact errors.
>
> TIA,
>
> Eddie Strohmier
>
>
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