Re: Compaq Proliant 370 installation

2001-07-19 Thread Bernie Boudet
> http://www.geocities.com/rlcomp_1999/pl4500.html > > Don't think you want to read that.. Yes, I *did* want to read that! I've got a couple of old ISA SCSI controllers so I'll give those a go. > > If you mean to restore partition-3, that's easy from the Compaq disks - > just > > download th

Re: Compaq Proliant 370 installation

2001-07-18 Thread Bernie Boudet
> I'm sorry; does the line say boot: smart2.. or boot: linux > smart2.. boot: linux smart2=0x1000 sim710=addr:0x9000,irq:9 > > However, I don't understand why the on board scsi is not detected > > with 'compact' floppies. From the kernel_config file: > > I think it has to do with the

Re: Compaq Proliant 370 installation

2001-07-18 Thread Bernie Boudet
> By messing arround, you must be able to find wich bootmessage to give to > the kernel. > Mine looks like#boot: linux(image'compact'rescuediskette) smart2=0x6000 > sim710=addr:0x8000,irq:15 Thanks for the info about boot parameters. The RAID controller on this Proliant 4500 is in eisa slot-1.

Re: Floppy Install - How to load driver-1,2,3,4 floppies?

2001-07-13 Thread Bernie Boudet
> > I'm trying to do a "vanilla" Debian floppy install (rescue + root + > > driver-1,2,3,4). > > > > The system boots ok from the rescue disk and I get the boot: prompt, to > > which I hit return. Linux loads and I am prompted to insert the root > > floppy, which I do and hit return, the setup pr

Floppy Install - Need drivers for scsi raid controller

2001-07-12 Thread Bernie Boudet
Hi, I'm trying to do a "vanilla" Debian floppy install (rescue + root + driver-1,2,3,4). The system boots ok from the rescue disk and I get the boot: prompt, to which I hit return. Linux loads and I am prompted to insert the root floppy, which I do and hit return, the setup program loads and I g

Re: [debian-user] OT: Wildcard renaming of files

2000-11-12 Thread Bernie Boudet
On 12-Nov-00 22:25 Colin Watson wrote: > >> for $i in *.html ; do mv "$i" "${i:0:${#tmp}-1}" ; done > > > >for $f in *.html; do mv $f ${f/.html/.htm}; done > That's what the % flag solves (match only at the end), when put > immediately after the first / (so ${f/%.html/.htm}). The # flag does the