Ok.. I tried http, ftp, and HD installs tonight and I got the same
error.. there's something wrong with the new distro or something because I
tried many of the mirrors to no avail..
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Pascal Grosse wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 05:16:34PM -0700, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> >
> > Can you try to reproduce it with a floppy please?
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Pascal Grosse wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I downloaded the entire oxygen archive from ftp, and started the
> > > batch file harddisk.bat in oxygen/dosutils/autoboot/mdkinst/
> > > It correctly prompted for the location of the Mandrake repository
> > > on my harddrive, and started loading the second stage. But then I
> > > got this message : "error while loading ramdisk", and then a blank
> > > screen. The only remaining solution is then ctrl+alt+supr.
> > > I reload several times the archive, without any significant
> > > improvement.
> > >
> > > Does someone know what is the problem ?
> > >
> > > Thank,
> > >
> > >
> > > Pascal Grosse
> > >
> >
> > --
> > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > --Axalon
> >
>
> In fact I tried the installation procedure with a floppy. It lead to
> the same result : after the boot prompt, the disk drive works for
> some time, and then freeze with no error message.
>
> Pascal
>
