Try installing "safely" by that I mean, don't configure any network or printers
(skip the bootdisk ect) Anything to get through the installer faster. Handle X
configuration after install. (I only give this advice on a very onry system).
I'd also suggest saying NO when it asks you if you have any scsi devices.
Chances are all of your problems are coming from one single peice of hardware
in your system. (Have you checked to see if your SCSI controller is on the
Linux hardware compatibility list?)
Also duing the install you can hit CNTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to break
out of the graphical installer, hit enter a couple of dozen times then you'll
get a command prompt you can work with (VERY useful for recovering an
overwritten boot sector).
-David Talbot
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Hello there,
> as I wrote to my previous e-mail, I'm unable to install Mandrake because the
> graphical installer just freezes in the SCSI setup step. I tried the text
> mode installation, but then again the problem is that when it tries to
> launch X Server (after configuring CORRECTLY my graphics card and monitor),
> it returns to the text mode saying that an error occured and X server was
> unable to run.
> I forgot to mention in my previous e-mail that I CANNOT boot from my Cdrom
> although the motherboard supports booting from a CDROM. I know that Mandrake
> CD is bootable...my CD just cannot boot from ANY cdrom. (I tried using a 16x
> Toshiba and that cannot autoboot either).
> So, the problem is, that I cannot boot from the cd, and I HAVE to boot using
> a floppy disk.
>
> Also, another problem I met yesterday was that, after I finished installing
> Mandrake without the X-Server and the system would start normally, then at
> the login prompt, it would refuse to accept my password although I would
> type it correctly (no caps lock was on...).
> I reinstalled Mandrake, and put some silly password like '123456' and still
> I was not able to get in as root.
>
> Any suggestions people? I've tried to install Mandrake over 20 times and on
> 2 different configurations and I wouldn't have luck...
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Below is my system description in case you need it:
>
> Pentium-MMX 166MHz
> 48MB RAM
> Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 2MB (BIOS 1.04, rev L)
> Opti 924 Soundcard
> and I have three hard disks: 1GB (FAT32), 528MB (on which I install linux)
> and 100MB(FAT).
> Sony CDROM 2x
> Modem 56KBps
>
>
>
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