[KLUG Hardware] re: New install with odd results.

[Jeremy Leonard]

It's a Compaq Proliant 1600 with a Compaq Smart Array Controler. I don't
know the model number off the top of my head. I'll get it though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Williams" <knightperson at zuzax.com>
To: <hardware at kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:34 PM
Subject: [KLUG Hardware] re: New install with odd results.


>
> >From: "Jeremy Leonard" <lists at elite4god.com>
> >Subject: [KLUG Hardware] New install with odd results.
> >
> >I've been trying to install Linux on a server I just aquired.
> >550mhz PIII
> >512mb ram
> >4 9gb hardware raid5
> >
> >Anyway, here's whats happening:
> >
> >The install will work fine If I don't let it wait for long at any of the
prompts.
> >
> >Once it's installed it will boot up just fine with no errors.
> >
> >Once the system is up however it starts to leak memory. It does this
until the system runs out of memory.
> >
> >I've configured 2gb of swap and it just fills it up.
> >
> >If I load top and watch it's a different process each time.
> >Sometimes init.
> >Sometimes gpm.
> >Sometime yast.
> >It always happens and it starts imediatly. I've tried both Runlevel 3 and
5.
> >I've tried Redhat 9, SUSE 9,9.1 and Suse Enterprise 8.0.
> >Same results on all distros.
> >
> >I'm starting to think it may be a hardware issue however this system runs
NetWare 6.5 and WIndows 2000/2003 servers just fine.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Jeremy Leonard
> >
> >
> OK, that's officially weird.  Wild guess:  a flaky RAID card driver.  Or
> maybe something strange in a kernel optimization for the motherboard
> chipset.  How about some more details like motherboard, RAID card, and
such?
>
>
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