Gee, Chuck thanks for sharing. Next time just wave, it's quieter and more
productive. You didn't say what you didn't like, what equipment you had
trouble w/, why it was so much trouble.
Thanks for your stunning input and insightful commentary, but next time
just wave, my inbox will silently thank you.
Brian
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> I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just
too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat
ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems.
>
>
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>
>On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:23:53 Gabriel Fernandez wrote:
>>Dear all:
>>
>> I am a Slackware user, but I have heard so many good things about Read
>>Hat that I decided to give it a try. So far it has not been a positive
>>experience . . .
>>
>> My machine is configured as follows:
>>
>> Pentium 75MHz
>> 64MB RAM
>> ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
>> ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
>> hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
>> 1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
>> hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
>> 1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
>> hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
>> Partition check:
>> hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
>> hdb: hdb1, hdb2
>>
>> I have Windows 95 and Slackware Linux currently installed. The first
>>hard drive has a partition for Windows 95 and two partitions for Linux
>>(/swap and /). The second hard drive has one partition for Windows 95
>>(mounted under Linux) and a partition for Linux (/usr). Everything works
>>fine so far . . .
>>
>> When I tried installing Mandrake 6.0, I was under the impression that
the
>>installation would take care of deleting or repartition the hard drives.
>>However, this is not the case.
>>
>> After the installation type is selected and the kernel is loaded. I
see
>>a message "Running install..." and everything hangs.
>>
>> When I check with ALT-F4, I can see the following error messages:
>>
>> VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
>> hdb: lost interrupt
>> hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
>> status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
>> hdb: drive not ready for command
>> VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
>> hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
>> hdc: lost interrupt:
>> hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
>> hdc: lost interrupt:
>> hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
>> ...
>>
>> I do not understand why the hard drives are used and mounted correctly
>>with Windows 95 and Slackware.
>>
>> Do you have any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gabriel
>>
>>
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