Re: [Wg-test-framework] Project update

["Paul L. George\(Office\)" <pgeorge@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Lars, Ian
Tomorrow is fine 10 AM????  I will make it my business to be in the office.
Lars please give me your cell and office phone numbers, in a pinch I can 
conference you in from my cell in case I am called out to a customer site.

Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Kurth [mailto:lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12:16 PM
To: pgeorge@xxxxxxxxxx; Ian Jackson
Cc: wg-test-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Wg-test-framework] Project update

Can we set up a call tomorrow?
Lars

On 17/12/2014 16:57, "Paul L. George(Office)" <pgeorge@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Ian,
>
>I meeting is absolutely called for I was going to suggest it in my next 
>status report update.
>
>We have 3 outstanding problems.
>1 - The Gateshead COMTROL system is not working  I am not even getting 
>a power light on the Serial Patch Panel.  It was fine before the move 
>to the COLO.  I repackaged it as  originally got it and connected it 
>but it did not come up.  I will go back to the COLO and power down the 
>server, disconnect
>the cables and check the pins, then reconnect  and try again.   If it
>still
>failed to come up I will contact COMPTROL tech support.
>
>2 - Server Item 10 - The DELL Poweredge R220 will not boot Debian 
>(i386), it hangs because of a boot loader problem acpi=off is missing 
>from the loader.
>It is a known problem, but Debian AMD64 loads fine..  I will attach the 
>comments and research we did to figure this out.
>
>Notes form Ray (he is my office manager and motherboard guy) Don/Paul, 
>I have looked at the Dell Servers:
>They both have the latest bios (non-windows).
>They both Load a windows server 2012 64bit without a problem.
>I have loaded a Version of Ubuntu Server 64bit. Appears to load fine!
>I believe that the Debian i386 OS we are trying to install is 32 bit?
>The attached pdf states that acpi must be turned off in the boot loader 
>for Debian to load (appears to be a known problem?).
>Take a look at the threads.
>
>Not sure if this work around will work (I donât know how to modify the 
>Debian boot loader) but it certainly sounds like the problem we are 
>having.
>
>Ray
>
>3. Item 13 - AMD FX-6300 system had an MSI BIOS that does not allow 
>Serial redirection.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian Jackson [mailto:Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:05 AM
>To: Lars Kurth
>Cc: Paul George
>Subject: Re: Just wanted to check in to see whether we are on in 15 
>Minutes
>- I think it would make sense to do a quick sync before Xmas as all of 
>us are out for 2 weeks
>
>Lars Kurth writes ("Just wanted to check in to see whether we are on in 
>15 Minutes - I think it would make sense to do a quick sync before Xmas 
>as all of us are out for 2 weeks"):
>> 
>
>Lars, Paul just got back to me by phone and says he'll be in the office 
>in
>~10 mins.  Shall we try then - are you available ?
>
>Thanks,
>Ian.


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