Re: Knoppix-based LiveCD (or distro) on Compaq Proliant 2500.

From: Richard Steiner (rsteiner_at_visi.com)
Date: 04/08/05 

Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:10:34 -0400

Here in comp.os.linux.misc,
John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@binaryfoundry.ca> spake unto us, saying:

>Is this an older model Compaq? I'm not familiar with the Proliant 2500,
>but from the 64MB RAM figure, I'd guess it is somewhat older.

Yes, the manuals are from late 1996, which makes it the second oldest
box I have (this Micron Millenia Pro2 Plus is slightly older).

>There have been some Compaq systems with a memory "hole" around the 16MB
>mark. Use Google Groups to search for: Compaq "memory hole" (with the
>double quotes) in the Linux groups (use their advance search and specify
>*linux* in the Group line).

Yes, this particular system seems to have that. Hopefully I can get it
to work -- I got this one (plus three 18GB drives) for free, and I have
enough drives in swap cages left over to populate another (the 2500 goes
for around ~US$50-60 plus $50 S&H on eBay). Nice fileserver. :-) 

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