Re: [expert] 8.1 Final MDK is a no go...
"James W. McComas" wrote: > > I had the same problem on the same MOBO except for ATI Radeon vid.. > I disabled the UDMA 5 optionin BIOS and went back to UDMA 3 and it worked > perfectly. Then enabled UDMA 5 and it worjed perfectly. That chipset doesn't > seem to want o install Mandrake at ATA 100 speed. Just MHO. > James, Thanks for the info. I think you have hit it right on. After ruling out most everything else, it seems the install is choking with the ATA 100. You have the same MOBO, and must have the same bios. I can only find an entry to enable or disable UDMA. With UDMA disabled, I get mode PIO 4, and that will not work. Would you be so kind as to tell me how you were able to go to mode UDMA 3. I have been in my bios many times, and I just can not see how you did it. Thanks for the help, -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT SA -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final
> I downloaded 3 times the cd's from ftp.simauria.upv.es... > 6 CD-R are now in the trash. > The problem was: the files in the server are corrupted. > I downloaded the ISOs from another mirror (slow, but secure) Did you run a checksum on the iso files before burning the CDs ? md5sum *.iso Mandrake always has an md5sums file along with the ISO files. Thanks... Dan. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 Final MDK is a no go...
This happened to me with a buggy cdrom. Are you sure your cdrom can read the data on cd "right" ? Are you sure your cd's were written correct, like, have you done an md5 check? Onur Kucuk JCW> Mandrake staff, JCW> First off let me congratulate you on a very nice release (8.1). I have JCW> loaded it on one of my older boxes, and it works very nicely. My JCW> question is about installing it on a newer box. This machine is a Tyan JCW> M/B (S2390B) with KT133 (VIA 686B Southbridge), Athlon 1.33GHZ, 768M JCW> PC-133 RAM, NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 Pro, and, I must add, it is a JCW> piece of shit. This install is on a dual boot disk with W2K Pro Server JCW> residing on the first partition. MDK starts on hda5. I am sure Mandrake JCW> 8.1 is not at fault. It is, no doubt, the buggy hardware. But maybe, JCW> just maybe, you might have some insight or work around. I simply love JCW> Mandrake, and I hope I can get it installed... JCW> The type of install that takes me the furthest into the process is an JCW> expert install, creating custom mount points (partitions are /, /boot, JCW> /usr/, swap, /var, and /home), and using the reiserfs f/s. Using this JCW> method, I can get all the way to the process in which the packages are JCW> actually being copied from CD to harddrive. The install process will JCW> copy files for a length of time. Performing multiple installs, this JCW> copying can varies from 2 mins of copy activity to 20 mins of copy JCW> activity. And then it just stops on some package, no particular package JCW> (varies each install session), no errors msgs, and it is stopped until I JCW> do a hard reboot. Any ideas as to what in the hell is going on between JCW> software and hardware? JCW> Thanks, _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 Final MDK is a no go...
Have you tried hitting CTRL-ALT-F1 to F4. When I installed 8.1, I figured out that they display messages from the install process and one of them gives you a prompt. /curtis ><> On Wed, 2001-10-03 at 14:19, J. C. Woods wrote: > Mandrake staff, > > First off let me congratulate you on a very nice release (8.1). I have > loaded it on one of my older boxes, and it works very nicely. My > question is about installing it on a newer box. This machine is a Tyan > M/B (S2390B) with KT133 (VIA 686B Southbridge), Athlon 1.33GHZ, 768M > PC-133 RAM, NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 Pro, and, I must add, it is a > piece of shit. This install is on a dual boot disk with W2K Pro Server > residing on the first partition. MDK starts on hda5. I am sure Mandrake > 8.1 is not at fault. It is, no doubt, the buggy hardware. But maybe, > just maybe, you might have some insight or work around. I simply love > Mandrake, and I hope I can get it installed... > > The type of install that takes me the furthest into the process is an > expert install, creating custom mount points (partitions are /, /boot, > /usr/, swap, /var, and /home), and using the reiserfs f/s. Using this > method, I can get all the way to the process in which the packages are > actually being copied from CD to harddrive. The install process will > copy files for a length of time. Performing multiple installs, this > copying can varies from 2 mins of copy activity to 20 mins of copy > activity. And then it just stops on some package, no particular package > (varies each install session), no errors msgs, and it is stopped until I > do a hard reboot. Any ideas as to what in the hell is going on between > software and hardware? > > Thanks, > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final
I downloaded 3 times the cd's from ftp.simauria.upv.es... 6 CD-R are now in the trash. The problem was: the files in the server are corrupted. I downloaded the ISOs from another mirror (slow, but secure) Now I have LM8.1 running :-) Salu2 óscar. El Mié 03 Oct 2001 06:52, escribió: > Are you guys checking the md5sums on the iso's? I had to download the > .inst iso image twice before I got a good copy. (2 hours wasted) > > What was really weird is after my first download was complete, the file > size in bytes was exactly what it should have been, but when I checked the > md5sums the iso was FUBAR. I downloaded again from the same mirror, got the > same file size, but this time the md5sums matched! I may be wrong, but it > sounds like you may have a corrupt iso. > > "Rivera, Oscar" wrote: > > Hi, > > I got the same error message but with cd 3. > > I tried several times and got the same error. I will try with a new > > downloaded cd. > > > > -Oscar > > > > -Original Message- > > From: lhon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:29 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [expert] 8.1 final > > > > Hi, > > > > I also got this error after I enter 2nd cd and then bring back to the > > harddrake, then exit. I tried another time ,then, it is OK. > > > > Regards, > > Leo Hon > > > > Nathan wrote: > > > Argh! I just got the following error on trying to install Mandrake 8.1 > > > - > > > > > > An error occurred > > > no hdlists found > > > > > > This comes up after all the packages are installed. > > > > > > CTRL-ALT-F3 brings up > > > > > > warning: no hdlists found at /usr/bin/perl-install/pkgs.pm line 347 > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > I hope this isn't happening to many other people. > > > > > > Nathan Taylor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final
I had the same problems with my install and what worked for me was to set the bios to boot to cd-rom then turn my computer all the way off and do a cold boot. The installer seems to get hung when trying to go to the 2nd or 3rd cd if you do a warm boot reset after setting your bios. On Tuesday 02 October 2001 11:52 pm, you wrote: > Are you guys checking the md5sums on the iso's? I had to download the > .inst iso image twice before I got a good copy. (2 hours wasted) > > What was really weird is after my first download was complete, the file > size in bytes was exactly what it should have been, but when I checked the > md5sums the iso was FUBAR. I downloaded again from the same mirror, got the > same file size, but this time the md5sums matched! I may be wrong, but it > sounds like you may have a corrupt iso. > > "Rivera, Oscar" wrote: > > Hi, > > I got the same error message but with cd 3. > > I tried several times and got the same error. I will try with a new > > downloaded cd. > > > > -Oscar > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final
Are you guys checking the md5sums on the iso's? I had to download the .inst iso image twice before I got a good copy. (2 hours wasted) What was really weird is after my first download was complete, the file size in bytes was exactly what it should have been, but when I checked the md5sums the iso was FUBAR. I downloaded again from the same mirror, got the same file size, but this time the md5sums matched! I may be wrong, but it sounds like you may have a corrupt iso. "Rivera, Oscar" wrote: > Hi, > I got the same error message but with cd 3. > I tried several times and got the same error. I will try with a new > downloaded cd. > > -Oscar > > -Original Message- > From: lhon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] 8.1 final > > Hi, > > I also got this error after I enter 2nd cd and then bring back to the > harddrake, then exit. I tried another time ,then, it is OK. > > Regards, > Leo Hon > > Nathan wrote: > > > Argh! I just got the following error on trying to install Mandrake 8.1 - > > > > An error occurred > > no hdlists found > > > > This comes up after all the packages are installed. > > > > CTRL-ALT-F3 brings up > > > > warning: no hdlists found at /usr/bin/perl-install/pkgs.pm line 347 > > > > Any ideas? > > > > I hope this isn't happening to many other people. > > > > Nathan Taylor > > -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. ASEL -- Instrument Nacogdoches, Texas N31 34.7 W094 42.6 355 MSL Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] 8.1 final
Hi, I got the same error message but with cd 3. I tried several times and got the same error. I will try with a new downloaded cd. -Oscar -Original Message- From: lhon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] 8.1 final Hi, I also got this error after I enter 2nd cd and then bring back to the harddrake, then exit. I tried another time ,then, it is OK. Regards, Leo Hon Nathan wrote: > Argh! I just got the following error on trying to install Mandrake 8.1 - > > An error occurred > no hdlists found > > This comes up after all the packages are installed. > > CTRL-ALT-F3 brings up > > warning: no hdlists found at /usr/bin/perl-install/pkgs.pm line 347 > > Any ideas? > > I hope this isn't happening to many other people. > > Nathan Taylor > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final
Felix Miata wrote: > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > > > Nathan wrote: > > > > > >Happened to me more than once during beta and RC installs. Prolly an > > > > >install script bug. How many partitions are there for it to find? > > > > > 1 windows & 1 ext2 > > > > That could mean your EXT2 drive crosses the 1024 cylinder boundary. If > > > your PC BIOS does not provide INT13 extensions, you can't boot a > > > partition that crosses the boundary. Try making a tiny EXT2 /boot > > > partition (I make mine 24 Mb) and a linux swap partition below 1024, the > > > rest EXT2, and see if the install will proceed normally. > > > i'm curious...why would the 1024 cylinder have anything at all to do > > with an 8.1 install? that was something specific to the old LILO boot > > loader. since the newer versions of LILO no longer suffer from this > > problem i fail to see how this would apply. > > LILO can't use non-existent BIOS services. Cyl 1024 is a non-issue only > if your BIOS provides the INT13 extensions or if the partition you boot > from does not include cyl 1024 or above. > -- > "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, > in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the > principles of Christianity."President John Quincy Adams > > Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ > Felix: Don't most/all recent BIOS provide INT13 extensions? Regards, Carroll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final
Mark Weaver wrote: > Felix Miata wrote: > > Nathan wrote: > > > >Happened to me more than once during beta and RC installs. Prolly an > > > >install script bug. How many partitions are there for it to find? > > > 1 windows & 1 ext2 > > That could mean your EXT2 drive crosses the 1024 cylinder boundary. If > > your PC BIOS does not provide INT13 extensions, you can't boot a > > partition that crosses the boundary. Try making a tiny EXT2 /boot > > partition (I make mine 24 Mb) and a linux swap partition below 1024, the > > rest EXT2, and see if the install will proceed normally. > i'm curious...why would the 1024 cylinder have anything at all to do > with an 8.1 install? that was something specific to the old LILO boot > loader. since the newer versions of LILO no longer suffer from this > problem i fail to see how this would apply. LILO can't use non-existent BIOS services. Cyl 1024 is a non-issue only if your BIOS provides the INT13 extensions or if the partition you boot from does not include cyl 1024 or above. -- "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."President John Quincy Adams Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final
Felix Miata wrote: > > Nathan wrote: > > > >Happened to me more than once during beta and RC installs. Prolly an > > >install script bug. How many partitions are there for it to find? > > > 1 windows & 1 ext2 > > That could mean your EXT2 drive crosses the 1024 cylinder boundary. If > your PC BIOS does not provide INT13 extensions, you can't boot a > partition that crosses the boundary. Try making a tiny EXT2 /boot > partition (I make mine 24 Mb) and a linux swap partition below 1024, the > rest EXT2, and see if the install will proceed normally. > -- i'm curious...why would the 1024 cylinder have anything at all to do with an 8.1 install? that was something specific to the old LILO boot loader. since the newer versions of LILO no longer suffer from this problem i fail to see how this would apply. -- daRcmaTTeR =/\=??? |%C++ "Beware of little sins. Mosquitoes drink more blood than lions." Author unknown Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final & video device (for xawtv)
El Jue 27 Sep 2001 08:22, Alexander Skwar se atrevió a decir: > So sprach »s« am 2001-09-27 um 00:50:46 -0500 : > > Congradulations Mandrake. It's a great release. I especially liked the > > Uhm? Has 8.1 Final been released? From which mirror did you get it? I found it in one local mirror: ftp://ftp.cica.es -- Ni un solo baudio sobre la superficie de arrakis.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.1 final & video device (for xawtv)
On Thursday 27 September 2001 01:22 am, Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach »s« am 2001-09-27 um 00:50:46 -0500 : > > Congradulations Mandrake. It's a great release. I especially liked the > > Uhm? Has 8.1 Final been released? From which mirror did you get it? > > Alexander Skwar ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/iso -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
