[olug] on a scale from one to 'teaching a pig how to read'

[Dave Thacker]

On Wednesday 19 March 2008 03:44:12 jonny at bashhacker.com wrote:
> how futile is it to try and install knoppix or ubuntu to a scsi hard drive?
>
(Tales of woe and frustration snipped...)

>
> this is a:
> hp NetServer E 800
> 866MHz PIII
> 36gb scsi hdd
> ide cd/dvd-rom
> 1gb ram
> booting installers with 'noacpi nolacpi acpi=off'
>
>
Does Ubuntu recognize the drive during install and partition it without 
problems?
Is there a RAID card involved?  
Can you change out the CD ROM drive?  

Dave Thacker