> Hello,
>
> We have linux installed on an IBM Netfinity 5500 and under 2.0.x everything
> works well. When I tried upgrading is when we ran into problems. Here's what
> I can say:
>
> The machine has some proprietary stuff in it (ServeRAID and a weird Net
> card)
Use the PCNet32 nic driver.
> Under 2.0.x only one is recognized since IBM uses the v1.4 BIOS (hence one
> big reason we want to move to 2.1).
Yep, know this one.
> When I compiled and installed the new kernel the machine reboots and sees
> both processors (yay!) and starts working normally. After about 17 to 19
> minutes though it completely locks and reboots. It's a hard enough reboot
> that the machines built in error light comes on which is only supposed to
> happen in case of hardware failure. The machine will cycle and through and
> continue this process every 17 to 19 minutes. The first thing I tried was
> pulling the second processor and making it run on just one. It didn't change
> anything.
Try the following test. Boot with mem=16m and see if it lives any longer.
If that works, then I think we already have at least a clue about the
problem, although not an answer yet.
Stephen may have some other tests he would like you to run. Anyone know
where we can get documentation on the Reliance Champion 2.0LE PCI Chipset
that these machines use? (at least, I haven't seen this exact model of
machine, but I think it uses the Reliance PCI chipset like the 5000 I have
here)
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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