I'm trying to install RH9 on an old Compaq 5000 (twin P-Pro-166MHz, and 256M RAM).
I had some troubles with CD2 (presumably the old CDROM getting stuck), but eventually managed to get it installed by choosing the very minimum number of packages I could get away with.
Now everything seems OK on the machine, but when I try to connect over the network (to any service), I eventually get booted out, as the connection drops.
Ping reveals the host going up and down:
64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=296 ttl=64 time=363 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=297 ttl=64 time=286 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=298 ttl=64 time=335 usec 64 bytes from 192.168.1.40: icmp_seq=299 ttl=64 time=346 usec
etc., etc...From 192.168.1.40: Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.40: Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.40: Destination Host Unreachable
Logging in via ssh kicks you out after a couple of minutes as a result of the above. The network card is the standard Compaq one that came with it:
###################### dmesg ######################### Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver - version 2.1.29-k2 Copyright (c) 2002 Intel Corporation
e100: selftest OK. divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0 e100: eth0: Compaq Fast Ethernet Server Adapter Hardware receive checksums enabled cpu cycle saver enabled
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex ################### end dmesg ########################
Need opinions - network card faulty? Driver problem? Where's the first place I should look? There's nothing in /var/log/messages. I want to avoid swapping the network card until I know I need to, as I just managed to bolt it in the rack, and it's hardly the worlds lightest server!
Best Regards - and let me know if you need any more info.
L
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