Hi there:
>Sorry, I'm a busy person I'm sure you can understand.
Nothing personal. Just frustrated that my message started a list of
messages not related to my question. ;-)
I appreciate all the help that I can get.
> 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)
> ...
>
>There's some bad logic in the code that desides which drives to enable DMA
>cdroms are less tolerant than hardrives when you try and activate it and
>they do not support it.
I am confused by this statement. I think I understand the kernel does
not support the particular CD-ROM that I have and that's the reason for the
errors. However, below is the output from the kernel indicating that the
CD-ROM drive was recognized. It does not say the brand, but the description
is right on the money (HP CD-Writer Plus 8200i, 4X/4X/24X).
> 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
These are your suggestions:
>A: Swap the cdrom out for something "with less additude"
I do not have another CD-ROM. I actually want to use my CD-R/RW drive
under Linux. Also, I do not know what you mean by "less additude".
>B: Find HD space and install it from there
If I keep the CD-R/RW unit installed, this won't make any difference. I
won't be able to finish the boot up.
>C: Try it with a recent mirror of Cooker
I have no idea what this means. Could you please elaborate?
>D: Ask me for custom boot disks and i'll see if i can find time
Please consider the request made. Could you be so kind to provide me
with a boot disk/image that I can use to install the software?
BTW, I just learned that there were several Mandrake "releases". I am
using the one provided by MacMillan (The Complete Linux OS 6.0).
Thanks,
Gabriel
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