Alan Rognlie wrote:
trying to use the Mandriva 2006 Free Edition cover disk from LINUX USER &
DEVELOPER, issue 59 and got hung up during boot with the following issue:
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<snipped a couple screens of loading info....>
CDROM mounted [OK]<green
Loading compressed loop module [LOADED]<green
mounting loop image on /initrd/loopfs: mount: Mounting /dev/loop/0
on /initrd/loopfs failed: invalid argument
[FAILED]<red
ERROR: Unable to mount loop filesystem
Dropping you to a limited shell.
Commands were:
losetup /dev/loop/0 initrd/cdrom/livecd.sqfs
mount -r -t squashfs /dev/loop/0 initrd/loopfs
Loading /initrd/bin/ash
BusyBox v1.01 (2005.09.06-17:31+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
/initrd/bin/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
$
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typing help got:
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. : alias bg break cd chdir continue eval exec exit export false
fg hash help jobs kill let local pwd read readonly return set
shift times trap true type ulimit umask unalias unset wait
$
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typing exit or return got:
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Warning: unable to open an initial console
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and the system seemed to lock up.
I've been lurking on the list for a period of time, now, and would like to
try Mandriva's distribution.
I've read here about issues installing MandrivaOne(?) on machines with
multiple optical drives,
but this Dell Optiplex GX270 only has one CD-ROM drive, a 1.44meg 3.5"
floppy drive and a 120gig hard drive.
Any hints or clues how I can get around this?
-- AL
Alan Rognlie
do you have an "on the motherboard" video card with "shared" memory?
how much memory do you have?
you may have to tell the system about how much memory it can really use.
so just before that spot, when you are offered "hit enter to install or
f1 for more options, hit f1, and type 'linux mem=xxxM' (without the
quotes, replaceing the xxx with a number that reflects the amount of
installed memory minus the amount of 'shared video memory' so if you had
256 megs installed ram, and used 16 megs for video, you would put 240
where xxx is)
--
reg. Linux User 167806
webhome http://ed-tharp.is-a-geek.org
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