My project to build a gargabe can linux computer is stalled once again. A
used 486 motherboard cannot boot the Debian rescue disks, and fails as soon
as the slackware root disk is read. W/ debian disks, the kernel fails
usually right after a message during kernel boot:
Skipping ... PCI HBA ...
(something like that).
Once it got a bit beyond that on a cold boot.
This is not a PCI motherboard.
I'm not sure where to begin to identify what boot parameters might be used.
Is there a guide somewhere?
Does this limited information mean anything to anyone? What is HBA? I get
a picture is has something to do with DMA. There is an IDE disk drive on
board. Might this be a sign the drive is no good?
ALan
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Alan E. Davis Marianas High School (Science Department)
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