[Server-devel] XS software compatibility question

[John Watlington]

Can you try installing stock Fedora 7 on them ?

I suspect that the disk drive controllers are too new for Fedora7...

wad

On May 19, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Berkowitz Andrew (Project Connect) wrote:

> We received the new servers for the pilot school.
>
> However, I think there may be a compatibility issue.
>
> When the installer reaches the blue screen  (olpc-install), the  
> machine just hangs. <ctrl><alt><del>, the server reboots. Nothing  
> else I've pressed does anything. I did try another keyboard with  
> the same results.
>
> This server is LINUX compatible and can be shipped from the factory  
> with LINUX.
>
> It is a Dell 300 with
> 2 Gig RAM
> Dual 500Gig drives with RAID-1.
> Dell SAS 6 Host Bus Adapter BIOS
> MTPBIOS 6.14.10.00 (2007.09.29)
>
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Andrew Berkowitz
> DOE
> 2 MetroTech Center, Suite 3900
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
> aberkowitz at schools.nyc.gov
> 718-935-5471
>
>