http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2669
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-08 02:04 ------- I posted over on bug 1611 because that's what came up when I did a search. I have the same problem except that I have no idea what the kernel messages were. In my case, I seriously doubt there are hardware errors on my computer. I get the same problem with several different CD drives, and trying to install Mandrake RCs are the only place it happens. I did not post this error during betas or RC1, because I have an hpt374 ide controller and never got close to second stage until RC2. ------- 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: RESOLVED creation_date: description: When trying to install 9.1 RC1, I get the following error and then the computer just freezes: "Could not uncompress second state ramdisk. This is probably a hardware error while reading the data. (This may be caused by a hardware failure or a Linux Kernel bug)" The log window shows: * trying to load /tmp/image/Mandrake/base/mdinst_state2.bz2 as a ramdisk * reading compressed ramdisk: IO_ERROR * unsetting automatic The kernel messages show: <6> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 1148956 <4> hdb: status timeout: status=0xc0 (Busy) <4> hdb: status timeout: status=0x00 <3> hdb: drive not ready for command <4> hdb: ATAPI reset complete <4> hdb: irq timeout: status=0x00 (Busy) <4> hdb: irq timeout: error=0x00 <4> hdb: ATAPI reset complete <4> hdb: irq timeout status=0xc0 (Busy) <4> hdb: irq timeout: error=0x00 <6> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 1148960 This computer has an ASUS A7N8X motherboard with the integrated NVIDIA nForce 2 chipset. It also has an AMD XP 2000 CPU. BTW, I get the same errors when trying to install Mandrake 9.0. I currently have Mandrake 8.1 installed but I installed it on my drive using a different computer.
