also, as i remembe,r the cutoff for the ram limit for the "regular" kernel is right around there, so you might try the "enterprise" kernel (advertised as for more than 1 gig ram,and/or more than one CPU) or passing a lower amount of ram to the installer Kernel (f1 instead of enter, type without the quotes "linux mem=512M")
On Monday 13 January 2003 07:59 am, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:47:10 +0100 > > Birger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry for repeating myself :-) > > > > I`ve dowloaded several iso files an burnt them like the manual says with > > Nero. > > the same problem happens everytime > > 1. the very first velcome screen shows > > 2. i press enter a (normal) innstall > > 3 it does some kind of a system check > > 3. then a new black screen shows with a blue box in the middle > > the text in the blue box tells me to wait, because it tries to find a > > cd-rom disc ( it has the correct name of the cd-rom) > > 4. After several minutes i new dialoge box shows telling me to choose one > > of my cd-roms. i do but nothing happens > > > > I`ve downloaded like 9 iso files from 9 different servers and they all > > act the same. > > Could it be some hardware maybe: > > My mainboard has RAID prebuildt, ive disabled that in BIOS > > > > heres my spec: > > Mainboard MSI KT3 Ultra2-BR with RAID (raid not in use) > > CPU: AMD XP1900, > > 768 MB ram , CD.burner: LITE-ON LTR > > Cd rom: ATAPI 44x > > Harddrive: WDC WD400BB > > Screencard: Nvidia Gforce 3 TI200 > > > > thanx -- Birger > > what brand/model is the cdrom drive? > when you first boot from the cdrom and you get to the screen that tells you > to press enter to install press F1. at the bottom it will have a boot: > prompt type > expert > > this will give you the option of loading additional drivers before > installing, which your cdrom drive might need from a ext2 formatted floppy. > If you could please provide the info on the cd rom drive we may be able to > better help you determine if this is the case and, if so, what you need to > do. Thx, > > Jerry
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