Does anybody know what might be going on here? Please copy responses to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have seen the installer keep running even when there is register dump text in the 'background.' I still have not completed an install, but I haven't tried the 'patches' either.... I'll work on doing that, but I wonder how I will do it since my system is spanking new (how to apply the patch?). I have seen alot of postings on the asus newsgroup about ps2 and power settings, but all of that was for windows I think. What thread(s) are you looking at that describe our problem? I was able to install windows98, but I don't want that on my disk. So, you and I seem to reach the same conclusion that it is not faulty hardware. I keep thinking it might have something to do with bios settings and/or linux drivers for mobo. i am using the default settings. I will have to investigate which patches I will need to get, since one extra twist is that I am trying to install Mandrake 6.1, based off of red hat. Thanks again for the reply. I'll keep you posted and hopefully likewise. morris Tim Fors wrote: > I finally got RH 6.1 installed last night but even then > it wasn't smooth sailing - for some reason a register > dump appeared on the screen while the text based > installer was installing the packages. It kind of messed > up the display but the install kept chugging along and > it actually appears to have completed successfully. > I can now boot Linux and it seems to work okay > but I'm not sure I trust it because of the register dump > that occurred during install. Time will tell. > > I've seen LOTS of postings from people with the same > or similar problems as mine so I don't think that these > problems are specific to the ASUS P3B-F (at least > I hope not). Some people on the ASUS newsgroup > said they had problems with RH 6.1 and a PS/2 > mouse so I switched to a serial mouse but it didn't > help me. > > I have Windows 98 and NT on this machine as well > so I know that the hardware is okay because both of > those OS's installed and run okay. > > Note that there are some patches available from > RedHat which are supposed to fix several install > problems so you may want to try grabbing them > and see how it goes. I had tried them without any > success until I saw a posting from someone indicating > that you have to use the ones dated Nov. NOT Oct. > so I grabbed the Nov. ones and those are the ones > I used last night when I finally got it installed. I'm not sure > if that really was the answer or just a coincidence - the fact > that it worked may have been a pure fluke. > > Good luck and let me know if you find out more. > > Morris Walton wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Re: Need help - install hangs/crashes on ASUS P3B-F based system > > Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:43:42 +0000 > > From: Morris Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: iPass.Net > > Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware > > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Tim Fors wrote: > > > > > I've tried for a few days to get RedHat 6.1 to install > > > on my new machine but the installation hangs/crashes at random > > > places while it is installing the packages. Up to that > > > point, installation seems to go okay. > > > > > > I've seen various symptoms but the most common one > > > is that it just hangs and I have to hit the reset > > > button. > > > > > > My system has an ASUS P3B-F motherboard. Has > > > anyone had success installing Linux on a system > > > with this MB? > > > > > > I saw a few postings on the ASUS support > > > newsgroups indicating that people were having > > > problems with PS/2 mouse on this MB under Linux > > > so I switched over to a serial mouse but that did not > > > solve the problem. > > > > > > Any advice would greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > > > I am experiencing something similar trying to > > install Mandrake 6.1. I have an adaptec 2940- > > u2w, installed on the p3b-f. Sometimes I get > > a kernel panic, sometimes not. Keep me posted > > if you find out anything, and likewise. > > > > Until then, I'm going to see if I can successfully install Windows. I > > don't plan on keeping Windows on there, but it might help eliminate > > faulty hardware as being the potential cause. > > > > Suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Morris > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
