On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 16:30, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Sunday 28 December 2003 1:23 pm, Lyvim Xaphir droned on: > > On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 15:56, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > > On Sunday 28 December 2003 9:46 am, Morten Andersen droned on: > > > > At 17:02 28-12-2003, you wrote: > > > > >try linux acpi=ht mem=120M mem=nopentium noapic > > > > > > > > That results in absolutely nothing. Just black screen. It doesn't even > > > > start loading program into memory. > > > > > > I had a heck of a time getting Mdk 9.2 onto a Pentium 266 Laptop, as the > > > CDs were not being read properly. It sounds alot like your problem. I > > > have a Dell Inspiron 3200, that now functions great, but at 266 speeds. > > > > > > Try installing using the network.img image, and setting it up to either > > > upload the files via NFS or FTP. I hope you have a fast connection for > > > either one. > > > > > > Rob > > > > I don't think you have to do that; I had the same problem, now that you > > mention it. I just burned the cdrom.img to floppy and booted from > > there; after that I was able to install via CDROM. > > If you have a CD-ROM that can't read the burned disks (I do.) then it is the > only way to get Linux on the machine. And when that was the problem, it acted > very similar to what was described. > > Works for me. > > Rob
Well, I'm starting to remember alot of stuff about the AMD K6 install; and I think that my AMD system was freezing at the same point as what Morten described. If the cdrom was incapable of reading the CD then the boot process wouldn't have begun at all. What is happening is a glitch during the load, which for some reason does NOT occur when the system (here) is booted from floppy, and THEN the cd is read. (A problem with the installation process per se) So therefore I was forced to install the Power Pack cd's with a floppy boot on the AMD server; which did work fine. It may be that a cdrom.img floppy/CD install won't work on your machine; is that one of the avenues you tried? Hopefully Mort won't have to go that route, as CD installation is much faster. LX
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