This may be a dumb question but is the cdrom drive that he's trying to use to read the cd fast enough? I mean if it was written at say 8x and its an older cdrom drive that can only handle 4x will it work properly? Troy
"Lyvim Xaphir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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