On Thursday September 5 2002 02:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm having problems with my mandrake 9.0 rc 1 install. > I downloaded the ISO image (and the md5sum is correct) > and burnt 3 CD-R, but I'm not able to get past the 2nd > progress bar. > > Alt-F3 is stuck on > /tmp/image/Mandrake/base/mdkinst_stage2.bz2 as a > ramdisk > > Alt-F4 showed repeated messages > cdrom decode status: status=0x51 {DriveReady > SeekComplete Error} > cdrom decode status: error=0x30 > > My machine is a Dell Dimension 4500 with a 2 GHz > Pentium IV, 1 GB RAM, 1 DVD-ROM drive (which I > attempted to from), 1 CD-RW drive, nVidia GeForce chip > set, Sound Blaster. > Any help would be much appreciated!
Try installing from your burner. It'll probly read the CD's better than your DVD can. On boot up, the cd-rw should automatically be recognized as where the media is. Works better here anyhow ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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