Thanks for the hint. I don't have a turbo switch but by setting the
PIO mode for the IDE channels in the BIOS setup screen I was able to
boot. Now I am experimenting on how high I can set the PIO mode. So
far I am up to PIO mode 3 no DMA for the hard drives PIO 0 no DMA for
the CD-ROM.
A case of optimization causing problems. I have a super seven
motherboard based upon the VIA MVP3 chip set.
PBen
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:29:11 -0500, Lloyd
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>To everyone who had problems getting Venus to boot. I have
>mine booting perfectly now. Here's how it happened.....
>
>I installed Venus and of course it hung at the "creating
>/mnt/disk" message. I don't know why (fate, maybe?) but I
>pressed the "TURBO" switch and it continued on. So I logged
>in as root.
>>From there I went to /etc/rc.sysinit. I used vi (good thing
>I had some instructions on how to use it) Type vi
>/etc/rc.sysinit. It doesn't look like it does anything, but
>it does. Go down to the part where it says "hard disk
>optimization." Press the "i" key to start "recording".
>Comment out the lines by placing the "#" sign in front of
>them. When you're done, hit the "ESC" key. You'll see a
>colon. Hit "wq" (no quotes) and you're done! Shut down and
>reboot if you're feeling adventurous....
>
>Sure hope it helps somebody.....
