Very Computer

   It seems that there are at least a few people who want to install
Linux on a ValuePoint (myself included). I don't have access to any
other Linux machines to attempt the fixes that some people have
recommended.
   So it seems that it sure would be nice if someone created a
distribution of Linux that would install correctly on the
ValuePoints. I don't know if there are any such distributions, I've
only downloaded SLS.
   The problem may be that the BIOS reports the machine as a
MicroChannel architecture, which it is not.
   Whatever the case, there needs to be an easy way to install Linux
on my ValuePoint.

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:    It seems that there are at least a few people who want to install
: Linux on a ValuePoint (myself included). I don't have access to any
: other Linux machines to attempt the fixes that some people have
: recommended.

You should be able to install using the normal SLS boot disk, as long
as you know the translated geometry (cylinders, heads, sectors) of
your hard disk.

Boot the disk, and while "LILO" is printing, press ALT. You should then
immediately get the LILO boot menu.  Then (assuming your doing a
normal install), type

        ramdisk hd=<cylinders>,<heads>,<sectors>

and proceed. Doing this, I was able to install SLS with no problems.
(An IBM PS/1 model G72)

(fyi: some example geometries...
        Maxtor 7213     hd=683,16,38
        Maxtor 7345     hd=790,15,57
)

Note that this procedure doesn't work with either the TAMU or Slackware
distributions; I don't know why.

dgc