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SGI 1200LLinux Compatibility Testing Results Exodus Preformance Labs December 22, 2000
This document presents the results of the Linux Compatibility test, which included the testing of these distributions on the SGI 1200L:
AppLabs' Linux compatibility testing of this system showed the SGI 1200L to be compatible with the above listed Linux distributions. The SGI 1200L is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.
System Configuration
Testing Results
An asterisk (*) by the PASS/FAIL designation indicates relevant notes exist in the notes section below.
Hardware Details
The following table defines the hardware configuration details for the tested system.
1. NFS installer is broken on RedHat 7.0. Use ftp or CD-ROMs to install.
1. Must use the older text-based install program due to an incompatibility
with the graphics chip and the Redhat 6.1 GUI install program. At the boot
prompt, enter the following:
boot: text
2. Must add this line to the Devices section of XF86Config to
get a usable cursor when in X:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Must use the older text-based install program due to an incompatibility
with the graphics chip and the Redhat 6.1 GUI install program. At the boot
prompt, enter the following:
boot: text
2. Must add this line to the Devices section of XF86Config to
get a usable cursor when in X:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Must use the older text-based install program due to an incompatibility
with the graphics chip and the Redhat 6.1 GUI install program. At the boot
prompt, enter the following:
boot: text
2. When creating a boonet.img, German language is not a choice
in the language selection. Used English for the NFS install
but German language can be turned on via YAST after the
install is complete.
3. Must add this line to the Devices section of XF86Config to
get a usable cursor when in X:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. User is advised to boot from CD 2 to get the original YAST install program
since there is an incompatibility with the onboard graphics chip and the
SuSE GUI installer.
1. User is advised to boot from CD 2 to get the original YAST install program
since there is an incompatibility with the onboard graphics chip and the
SuSE GUI installer.
1. User is advised to boot from CD 2 to get the original YAST install program
since there is an incompatibility with the onboard graphics chip and the
SuSE GUI installer.
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Add this line to the Device section of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. After install, the user will need to use one of the two following
methods to boot the system:
a. At the boot prompt, enter "mem=XXXM" where the XXX is a number
under 1000. This tester used:
mem=960M
b. In the /etc/lilo.conf file enter the line:
append="mem=XXXM"
where the XXX is a number under 1000. This tester used:
append="mem=960M"
1. The following line can be inserted into the /etc/lilo.conf file after
installation to avoid having to use the above line at the boot prompt:
append="mem=960M"
The actual number used can be increased once the user of the 1200L/TurboLinux
recompiles the kernel to enable the 2 GB RAM limit.
2. Must add this line to the Devices section of XF86Config to
get a usable cursor when in X:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1. Must add this line to the Devices section of XF86Config to
get a usable cursor when in X:
Option "Sw_cursor"
1.To do a CD install, the user will
first have to boot off diskettes.
Follow the following steps: a. Make the installation and modules diskettes from the images on the CD.
b. Start the install using the installation diskette and pass this parameter at the boot prompt:
mem=960M
c. Install using BOTH diskettes. The modules will not be installed onto the hard drive, makeing the next step very important.
d. After install and before rebooting the machine, be sure to recompile the kernel to include the SCSI drivers (AIC7xxx) and to make/install the modules.
e. Add the following line to the /etc/lilo.conf file before reboot:
append="mem=960M" 1. Must use the following line at the boot prompt or install will fail:
linux mem=960M
The following line can be inserted into the /etc/lilo.conf file after
installation to avoid having to use the above line at the boot prompt:
append="mem=960M"
The actual number used can be increased once the user of the 1200L/Debian
recompiles the kernel to enable the 2 GB RAM limit.
1. After install and during the boot
process, bootup will lock at httpd
activation (possible configuration
error.) Use the "i" option to get
an interactive startup process and
choose not to activate both the
bind and httpd processes.
2. Usr can manually run the httpd
process after bootup. Tester did
a manual start of the httpd daemon
after bootup to run the curl test.
3. Add this line to the Device section
of XF86Config to get a proper cursor:
Option "Sw_cursor"
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