On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 09:48, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: > YESSSSSSS! Yes! Yes, that seems to have been it! I have a sound card > on-board (something called AC'97 if anybody cares) and disabling it made > even the regular boot work! > > Luckily I have a SoundBlaster Live! as the "real" sound card, so > disabling the on-board sound doesn't affect me, but I think this could > be a real problem for someone relying on the on-board card for sound > (imagine changing BIOS settings when switching OS'es on multiple OS > computers).
Got into this thread late. But yes. If you have BOTH soundcards enabled. Linux goes spastic trying to figure out which one to load. James > > Anyway, thanks a lot everybody - I was just about to give up on > Mandrake, and would've if it weren't for you to help. I was in a real > hurry to make Linux work because I have some web development to do and > didn't have a platform to work on... (yes, I know there's Apache for > Windows as well, but I prefer doing this in Linux). > > Thanks again! > > Bogdan > > Larry Sword wrote: > > > Bogdan Stancescu wrote: > > > >> Ah, sorry, maybe I wasn't being explicit: I managed to change > >> lilo.conf and install the new boot (yes, I'm sure, I created new > >> entries instead of editing the old ones). The result of trying to > >> boot with the respective entries (noAPIC nopentium) resulted in the > >> same situation [... - see below]. > >> > >> Bogdan > > > > > > What hardware do you have in your K7S5A motherboard? > > 1. Soundcard , have you tried removing one of these to see if you can > > boot system? > > 2. NIC > > 3 etc > > > > Larry > > > > > >> > >> > >> Marco Romeny wrote: > >> > >>> maybe instead of just typing "rescue", try > >>> "rescue devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi nopentium noAPIC" > >>> or some variants of it. seems like nopentium and noAPIC > >>> is some good candidates. personally I'd start with just > >>> "rescue nopentium noAPIC" > >>> > >>> not tried, might be wrong, break everything etc. someone > >>> correct me on this... > >>> > >>> /marco > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bogdan Stancescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 15:20 > >>> Subject: Re: [expert] [Fwd: MDK 9.0 crashes at boot] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Wow! Thanks for the detailed directions - unfortunately that didn't > >>>> work either... I get exactly the same results as with the regular > >>>> boot (marked *** below)... :-( > >>>> > >>>> Bogdan > >>>> > >>>> E T wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Tuesday 15 October 2002 01:12 am, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi, E T! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> First of all, thanks for taking the time to answer! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> No, haven't passed any kind of parameters to lilo.conf -- and yes, > >>>>>> please, I do need instructions if you have enough time to provide > >>>>>> them > >>>>>> (an URL to a tutorial should be enough if you know any). I seem > >>>>>> to have > >>>>>> selected lilo with graphical menu at install. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> when I say "type" I mean without the quotes > >>>>> boot from the install cd, type f1 when offered "hit enter to > >>>>> install or upgrade, or f1 for other options" type "rescue", hit > >>>>> enter, login as root, type "mount /etc /mnt/etc" hit enter, now > >>>>> the rest depends on what editors you have installed, so you will > >>>>> have to edit /etc/lilo.conf. in each different boot "image" > >>>>> section, there "should be a line that says "append {and some other > >>>>> options}" all append statements must be on only 1 line, and only > >>>>> the first line (I think, might be the last, anyway 2 append > >>>>> statements per section would be wrong) is read, and the options > >>>>> are seperated by a space so append="quiet devfs=mount > >>>>> hdb=ide-scsi" is how one of mine looks. you could try to have > >>>>> append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi nopentium noAPIC" > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Anyway, I can't edit /etc/lilo.conf because I can't boot any kind of > >>>>>> Linux for now! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks in advance for any kind of recommendation! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Bogdan > >>>>>> > >>>>>> E T wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Monday 14 October 2002 07:42 pm, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hello! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Sorry for "spamming" you with this message, but I've also sent > >>>>>>>> it to the > >>>>>>>> newbie list and I received no reply. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I just got around to answering the one on the newbie list, do > >>>>>>> you pass > >>>>>>> noAPIC or nopentium to the kernel in the lilo.conf append > >>>>>>> statement? can > >>>>>>> you? need instructions? can you boot with the install cd? press > >>>>>>> f1? type > >>>>>>> rescue? mount the filesystems? edit /etc/lilo.conf? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I've been using Linux Mandrake > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> since its 6.0 version, but if I find no solution to this > >>>>>>>> problem I'll > >>>>>>>> most probably migrate to RedHat because that worked... Not that > >>>>>>>> I want > >>>>>>>> to, but Mandrake seems not to be working on my machine, so I > >>>>>>>> seem not to > >>>>>>>> have an alternative... > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -------- Original Message -------- > >>>>>>>> Subject: MDK 9.0 crashes at boot > >>>>>>>> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:05:29 +0300 > >>>>>>>> From: Bogdan Stancescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hello everybody! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I have an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU on a K7S5A motherboard with > >>>>>>>> AMIBIOS, > >>>>>>>> if that makes any difference. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I install Mandrake 9.0 ok, but when I reboot and try to boot in > >>>>>>>> Linux I > >>>>>>>> get: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>> *** > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>> Running DevFs daemon: [OK] > >>>>>>>> Unmounting initrd: [OK] > >>>>>>>> Configuting kernel parameters: [OK] > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>> *** > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>> And that's it - it freezes there. I get exactly the same when I try > >>>>>>>> booting linux-nonfb, and when I try failsafe I get: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> modprobe: modprobe: Can't find module fb0 > >>>>>>>> Unmounting initrd: [OK] > >>>>>>>> Configuting kernel parameters: [OK] > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> And it freezes again. I thought there may have been a glitch in the > >>>>>>>> installation, so I tried it again - same results. I even get > >>>>>>>> the X test > >>>>>>>> working in the installation, so that shouldn't be it... > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I'm absolutely lost at what I should try next, so I'm open to > >>>>>>>> any kind > >>>>>>>> of suggestions! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I tried looking through the mailing list archives on > >>>>>>>> mandrake.com, but > >>>>>>>> they're only available up to September, so if this has already been > >>>>>>>> answered in October, please direct me to a more recent archive or > >>>>>>>> copy/paste the reply in an e-mail. :) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thank you! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Bogdan > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Mail scanat cu RAV Antivirus! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>>>>>> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Content-Disposition: inline > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Mail scanat cu RAV Antivirus! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Mail scanat cu RAV Antivirus! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>> > >>>>> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 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