Compaq Proliant 2500 & Redhat or Fedora Core 2

[CA1191421]

I've recently purchased a Compaq Proliant Server and wish to install Fedora Core 2 or Redhat 9 on it.

When the system starts up and tries to install the OS, it suggests that there is not enough memory. I believe this is a fault in the Compaq BIOS, from searching various websites, however, I have not been able to find a solution to fixing this.
Could someone please advise further?

Cheers
James

[CA859951]

James, how much RAM is installed?

Minimum for text-mode: 64MB
Minimum for graphical: 192MB
Recommended for graphical: 256MB

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/

The release notes say you should only install text more for a 200MHz processor...

What speed / type processor is installed in your ProLiant 2500?

PPro Processor bios (E24):
http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/8571.html

Pentium II Processor (E50):
http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/9343.html

Hope this helps...
-john

[Sven Geschke]

Hi

I had a similar problem on my PL 850 and PL 5000 Linux test systems. the trick is simply to start the installation with
linux mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=_your_memorysize_minus_one_meg_@1M
Don't forget to add that to your bootloader config file as well after the installation has been completed.

You'll find more veru useful information about installing linux on older copmpaq machine on this website:

http://www.cpqlinux.com

Rgds
SMG