Whew!! I thought the problem was with my computer, only. The weird thing is that MDK7.0 should have installed on a Pentium II. I have a i586 installation. I think further investigation is needed and documented. Roman Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > > You are not alone with install problems with this poorly tested version 7.1. > See my video problems on expert. Xfree86 (the thing I needed most in the > upgrade) fails with my configuration. In fact , with 2 different > configurations on two different machines. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Anderson > > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 12:16 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK7.1 IDE Configuration Freezes During > > Installation onDell Dimension XPS PII 200 MMX > > > > > > Romanator wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having the same problem with the computer freezing when detecting > > the ide drives. Mandrake 7.0 installed without any problems,but 7.1 > > always freezes.I've tried different drives,so I don't think the drive > > itself is the problem. I don't know the name of the board,but it has a > > via chipset,and running a AMD K6-2 450 processor. > > Thanks, > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > I have been trying to install MDK7.1x on to my older Dell Dimensions XPS > > > 200s MMX('ala 1997). > > > I have a two drives configured with a Creative CD-ROM and Iomega ZIP > > > drive. The original OS is Win95. > > > > > > Original Hard Drive (sorry I do not have the name) > > > A) 3 Gig. drive connected the first bus (I'm not sure of the brand > > > name)->has Win95 on 1st partition > > > Recent Hard drive (Fujitsu) > > > B) 10 Gig. drive connected to the second bus (Fujitsu - purchased last > > > year)-has Win98SE on 1st partition > > > > > > MDK Installation 7.0 > > > MDK7.0 never installed on the 10 Gig. as it went to text mode and > > > appeared to not recognize the hard drive. All I could see was the large > > > penguin in the top left corner while slowly scrolling up line by line. > > > The MDK7.0 installation CD is for Pentium i586 and higher. > > > > > > MDK Installation 7.1 Helium > > > So then I tried MDK 7.1. The installation got as far as searching and > > > configuring IDE and then it froze. > > > I tried stopping the installation and it finally blacked out to DOS. The > > > message indicated that some of drivers were older and may have to be > > > upgraded? Has any one experienced anything remotely similar? > > > This is a 10 Gig. Fujitsu, and its not that old. > > > > > > It appears that the configuration may be a bit screwed up after adding > > > the additional hard drive. > > > Actually, I had a colleague configure this. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Roman > > > >
