Re: [MLUG] Urgh, I hate dell/intel (trying to install gentoo linux)

[McIntosh Jason <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

*sigh* After a few days of messing with these machines, I'm about to call it quits.  Call dell and all that.  I get random crashes in windows, with the dump file mentioning things like page faults.  The linux kernel fails whenever I try and boot the 64 bit version of Gentoo.  If I take that same CD to another GX620, it works fine.  SO, I'm guessing a hardware issue of some sort on this machine.  The odd thing is the x86 version of gentoo boots fine.  SO, I'm also guessing it's something with the 64 bit extensions on the processor....  Of course, the cd sometimes throws errors, i.e. the init scripts will fail or other odd things will happen... *SIGH* ok, time to find the dell numbers to call them.

Oh, the last odd thing, all the hardware diagnostics show it's a good system... URGHGGGGGGGGG

Jason

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On May 26, 2006, at 3:58 PM, Woodsmall, Ryan ((IATS)) wrote:

I am literally doing a multicast SystemImager install on 38 GX620s at this moment.  I built both Red Hat Enterprise 3 and Red Hat Enterprise 4 images on the same box and never had any lockups or crashes.  These are the SFF 620s, but we installed ATI cards for accelerated OpenGL.

No problems here so far, but we'll see how these little devils hold up as lab machines when the students are in class.

  ryan woodsmall

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Subject: [MLUG] Urgh, I hate dell/intel (trying to install gentoo linux)

We just got in some new Optiplex GX620 machines with dual core  

processors.  Ya gotta love how crappy these machines are.  For a VERY  

overpriced, price, you get a ton of crap (literally).  On to the  

problems now that I've stated that:

I've been fighting with one of these machines for quite a while now.   

Initially, things went really well.  It seemed to be decently fast  

(although I still think the Opteron's/Athlon 64's are faster).   

However, after using this thing for a few days, I discovered some ...  

problems.  Now, some of these problems may be related to trying to  

use the 64 bit version of Linux, but it's very odd that it only crops  

up after the machine has been running for a day and a half.  And,  

that if I let the machine sit for a bit of time, whereupon I can run  

it for about 5 minutes, before I get problems again.  I'm guessing  

this is heat related, but it's DANGED annoying.  I've gotten a lot of  

kernel panics, or just complete hangs at various points.  I'm trying  

the x86 version now.  My first attempt to boot I received tons of  

errors, and now, well...  it booted, but then it felt really really  

slow... URGHHHH.

Ok, enough of that rant.  Anyone ever seen a similar issue with these  

machines?  I'm about to put my fist through it right now... ERGH.

Jason

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