On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:51 pm, Diane Arsenault wrote: > Hi et, > > The "can't find Cd-ROM drive" message appears on a blud screen, with text > only, and this happens after the computer reboots. It is definitley being > generated by Linux. > > And, Yes - as a matter of fact, it does have a onboard shared memory video > card. Hmm... when you boot the first time to install, you will have to report the "shared video memory to the install kernel. Start over with the boot floppy, when it says "hit enter to install or upograde or f1 for other options, hit f1 and type "linux mem=xxxM" where you change xxxM to the amount of system memory minus the amount of shared memory (I have 256 installed memory, but "share" 16 megs with the onboard video, so in that case I type "linux 240M") remember the capital M at the end. and then got thru the install again, and also if you have "bios level virus protection" on, turn it off durring the install, and change "plug and pray aware OS" to off. also note that NTFS (winXP, win2k, winNT) should not be resized by the Disk Drake installer, at least untill 9.1 is out. and as always, back up your data first...
> Diane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "et" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:46 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - To Dennis and Jonathan > > On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:36 pm, et wrote: > > On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:29 pm, Diane Arsenault wrote: > > > OK, guys, these are two things I haven't tried yet. Dennis suggested I > > > connect my CD-ROM as the Primary SLAVE. Jonathan suggested I try > > > disconnecting the CD-RW. I'm going to try both right now. I will post > > > back to the list with the results! > > > > > > Thank you sooooo much to everyone for trying to help me out. I am > > really > > > > anxious to learn Linux, but this has been very discouraging for me. > > Wish > > > > me luck! > > > > > > Diane > > > P.S. I checked the jumpers on these drives a few days ago - they are > > set > > > > properly. > > > > so sorry I jumped in late and did not read the complete first post to > > reliaze you had already tried cdrom.img, how ever, rebooting durring the > > install process is not normal, (this ain't winders) and I am now > > wondering at what point and why did it reboot? and was the floppy still > > in the > > floppy > > > drive when it reboots? and before it reboots durring the install process > > does it give you the chance to reboot or does it just throwdown and > > restart? > > and a good chance to introduce you to a "kwel" feature in most linux > shells. autocomplete. > anytime you dont know the name of some command or how to complete some > command > with the complete name of a file, type in what ever you know, and if you > got no clue, leave it blank, but hit "tab" and autocomplete will offer up > all the > remaining possiblities, so when it asks for "kernel info" what does it say > when you tab? > > > when you say "and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM." is this > in the installers graphic program? > > I would also like to know if this has an "onboard" shared memory video > card, as that may be the "root" of any reboot durring install, other than > the final > reboot. > > > > Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a > driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now > I'm just lost. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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