http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5061
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-11-17 07:04 ------- I had the same problem; the solution was to append "hdg=none" (without "-s) as a boot parameter. Good luck. -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: NEW creation_date: description: The Installation failes at the hard drive detection step. The following messages appear at console #3: ----------- * running: /usr/bin/insmod_ >2 /dev/tty5 /tmp/imm.o * warning: insmod'ing module imm failed at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line 408 * running: /usr/bin/insmod_ >2 /dev/tty5 /tmp/ppa.o * warning: insmod'ing module ppa failed at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line 408 * test_for_bad_drives(/dev/hde) * warning: bad magic number on disk hde at /usr/bin/perl-install/partition_table/empty.pm line 29. * found a dos partition table on /dev/hde at sector 0 * running: /usr/bin/insmod_ >2 /dev/tty5 /tmp/floppy.o The following messages appear at console #4: ----------- <6>Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M <6>FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 <3>hdg: lost interrupt <3>hdg: lost interrupt <3>hdg: lost interrupt <3>hdg: lost interrupt <3>hdg: lost interrupt <3>hdg: lost interrupt . . . and so on... I did install many other Linux distros on this machine (Debian, Redhat) and also Mandrake-9.1 on this machine without any problem. There must be something wrong with MDK-9.2... Greetings Ronny
