Anyone get Linux on a Shuttle SpaceWalker SS40?
I got a cute (and very quiet) SS40 bare-bones system. I put an Athlon 1.8 and 256MB DDR (Generic, Samsung chips), and a cheap Maxtor 20GB HD.
RH 7.3 crashes (signal 11) in the /sbin/loader.
RH 7.2 Locks hard while transferring the image to the HD, but at least
it gets a little way into the install.
Mandrake 8.2 crashes (similar to RH 7.3, it appears) in the second stage loader.
So, I'm curious if anyone has managed to get Linux on one of these guys?
Here are the hardware specs:
http://www.shuttle.com/english/mcs_detail_info.asp?number=174
Thanks,
Ben
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Quoted 3 lines · Ben Greear
I got a cute (and very quiet) SS40 bare-bones system. I put an Athlon 1.8 and 256MB DDR (Generic, Samsung chips), and a cheap Maxtor 20GB HD.
Perhaps the "very quiet" is a clue... No fan?
-Erik
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Quoted 2 lines · Ben Greear
I got a cute (and very quiet) SS40 bare-bones system. I put an Athlon 1.8 and 256MB DDR (Generic, Samsung chips), and a cheap Maxtor 20GB HD.
Perhaps the "very quiet" is a clue... No fan?
-Erik
Give me a little credit :)
The bios has a temperature controlled fan, and I explicitly tested that the fan comes on high when it gets warmer..and spins slower when it's cool.
The bios reported temperature was about 47degres C, well within spec for an Athlon.
Ben
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I tried with a new stick of crucial 256MB DDR today, and the problem was exactly identical, so it's probably not the memory.
I would try the latest pre-patch kernel, but I am not sure how go do about doing that since I can't get a distro to load...
Ben
Quoted 20 lines · Ben Greear
I got a cute (and very quiet) SS40 bare-bones system. I put an Athlon 1.8 and 256MB DDR (Generic, Samsung chips), and a cheap Maxtor 20GB HD.
RH 7.3 crashes (signal 11) in the
/sbin/loader.RH 7.2 Locks hard while transferring the image to the HD, but at least
it gets a little way into the install.Mandrake 8.2 crashes (similar to RH 7.3, it appears) in the second stage loader.
So, I'm curious if anyone has managed to get Linux on one of these guys?
Here are the hardware specs:
http://www.shuttle.com/english/mcs_detail_info.asp?number=174Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <[email protected]> <Ben_Greear AT excite.com> President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear
Quoted 5 lines · Ben Greear
I tried with a new stick of crucial 256MB DDR today, and the problem was exactly identical, so it's probably not the memory.
I would try the latest pre-patch kernel, but I am not sure how go do about doing that since I can't get a distro to load...
You can use the distro bootdisks and replace the kernel on them, i have to do this with some to use newer SCSI controllers for example.
Cheers,
Zwane
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