[ltp] Slackware on a 570

[Noesis]

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On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:18:23AM -0400, bernholdtde@ornl.gov wrote:
> Is it 570 or a 507E?  I posted a little while ago about problems I was

It is a 570.

> having with recent RedHat distributions on the 570E.  Someone else
> reponded that he experienced the same problems, and it seems that
> there is some problem with warm reboots and the IDE drivers (putting
> the device into a mode it can't handle, then the boot fails because it
> can't "find" the disk).  He solved it by simply insuring that he
> always does cold boots.

My warm boots work just fine other then sometimes I have to close the LCD=
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causes this but it really does not bother me as I normally do cold boots=20
anyways.  The warm boot white screen case, as I call it, is as simple as=20
closing the LCD and opening it again during the reboot.  I have not=20
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> Anyway, I'm mainly trying to track down which kernel versions do and
> don't have this problem, so if you're using a 570E, maybe you could
> tell me which kernel?

Well, I don't have a 570E, but just in case you end up in fact needing=20
information on 570s... =20

Distro: Slackware Linux 8.1
Kernel: 2.4.18


Anyone got any suggestions on the USB floppy?


Kind Regards,
  -Noesis
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> Thanks, David
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