Hi Jim, Thanks for the response. I do not have any of the devices as slaves. I have 3 IDE devices - 2 HDDs and 1 CDROM/RW (Plextor 12/10/32). Apart from the 2 slots for IDE on board I also have a PCI-IDE bridge for the extra device. Here is my problem. The Mandrake Install CD does not recognize the device(s) plugged into the on-board slots but does so for the device(s) plugged into the PCI-IDE bridge. I have experimented with different combinations and this seems to be always the case. I know that the CDs are good as I have used this same set many times before to install. Also, both the 8.0 and the 9.0 CD give the same exact problem. On the other hand, the RedHat CD works just fine.
Am not sure how to get the BIOS updates and install them. I dont have DOS/Windows at all to do that. Can one do that from Linux? Thanks Nikunj. --- Jim Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you experimented with master/slave/cable-select > settings on the > CDROM? Are you sure the MDK CD's are good? Check > for bios updates > for the motherboard? Just some ideas, hope they > help. > > > Sincerely, > Jim Hubbard > .--. > |o_o | > |:_/ | > // \ \ > (| | ) > /'\_ _/`\ > \___)=(___/ > > Rockingham County Linux Users Group > www.rock.lug.net > ____________________________________ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Nikunj Bansal > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 5:56 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] ABIT BD-711 motherboard problems > with Mandrake > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I recently upgraded the motherboard and the CPU on > my > > PC and am unable to > > use or install Mandrake (tried versions 8.2 and > 9.0) > > after that. On the > > other hand, the previous RedHat 9.0 install on > another > > partition on the > > same PC works fine as well as RedHat 9.0 Install > CD > > works fine too. > > > > The new Motherboard is ABIT BD-711 and new CPU is > > Intel Celeron 1.8GHz. > > First of all my old install of Mandrake 8.2 wont > boot > > on the new setup. So > > I tried installing anew. However, both 8.2 and 9.0 > > installs give an error > > "No CDROM device found" in the initial stages of > the > > install itself. > > > > So, I did more experimentation on my setup. > Apparently > > any IDE devices > > plugged into the motherboard IDE controller are > not > > being recognized by the > > Mandrake installed kernel as well as the Mandrake > > Install CD kernel. How do > > I know this? Because I have a PCI-IDE bridge too > and > > when I plugged my > > CDRom and the hard disk into this controller and > boot > > from the floppy using > > the cdrom.img on it, the install starts > recognizing > > these. However this > > way, I cannot use CDROMs to boot my PC at all and > I > > dont wish to configure > > this way. > > > > Anyone seen any similar problems before with > > ABIT-BD-711 or some other > > motherboard? Any pointers will be appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Nikunj. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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