Well, I am not sure. Maybe this can help you.
A few months ago I was trying to install SuSE 7.3 on Dell Precision... (P4,
256 RAM... etc.) I had the same problem as you are describirng. I started to
look for reason... and...
In the case of SuSE solution was to start instalation with this command
line (I have found it on their site):
linux disableapic maxcpus=0 nosmp
after booting instalation this way, there was no any problem.
Actually I don't know what does it mean, but with SuSE it worked. Maybe this
can help you.
See you,
Tomek
- Original Message -
From: "Edvard Wikström" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 2:12 AM
Subject: RE:Re: [expert] Problem with a Dell Pentium Pro
> Hello again,
>
> Civileme, I followed your suggestion I tried the memory test program. I
don´t know what conclusion to make of it. It took it 50 min to finish and
then it started again. I was expectiing a "status report" or a "summary". I
didn´t get any information about the memory health. Is this a normal
behavior of the program?
> Back to my problem. I used the CD2 and selected the 2.2.14 kernel, it
worked (I had to strugle a little with the partioning, it didn´t like my
partioning strategy). I still have this strange problem though. When i boot
the machine I got no conection with the screen, it is ofline during the
startup.
> Only at the login when X starts I get the monitor and image back. I´m
really amazed about what it wrong. Could it be the graphic card?
>
> /Edvard
>
>
>
> -Ursprungligt meddelande-
> Edvard Wikström wrote:
>
> >Hello again,
> >
> >I should have mentioned that both the CD and the floppy disk work without
any problems. I used them to install 8.1 in another machine that I have.
Just to be sure, I checked again and they work. I have also tried the
other.img to see if that would work, it gives me nothing.
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >/Edvard
> >
> >
> >-Ursprungligt meddelande-
> >Sounds like a dodgy CD to be honest, can you get another copy or
download.
> >If you have the ISO did you check the checksum. Apart from that I have no
> >idea.
> >
> >HTH
> >Dave
> >
> >-Original Message-
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Edvard Wikström
> >Sent: 22 March 2002 20:11
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [expert] Problem with a Dell Pentium Pro
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >I posted this question at the newbie list but got no luck, they suggested
to
> >post it here instead. Here it goes.
> >I´m trying to install Mandrake 8.1 with no luck. When I boot the machine
> >with the CD or the floppy with the cdrom.img it stops just after this
line:
> >"SYSLINUX 1.48 Linux-Mandrake copyright 1994-1999 H. Peter Avin" The
monitor
> >loses contact with the computer (gets ofline) and the cdrom spins a
little
> >and then stops. And all the ligths in the front panel at the computer
starts
> >to blink in sync. Any ideas about what could be the problem?
> >
> >Some info about this machine:
> >-Dell XPS 180n, a Pentium Pro machine at 180Mhz with 98 MB RAM.
> >-Matrox Mystique 220 4 MB RAMDAC
> >-Creative SB32
> >-HD(1) IDE IBM-DAQA-33240 (Master)
> >-HD (2) IDE WDC-AC31600H
> >Both harddrives are clean, nothing on them. The filesystem on both are
FAT32
> >right now after format.
> >I flashed the motherboard with the latest driver, while I had win98 and
it
> >worked great. No problems there. I have been removing hardware to see if
the
> >install would kick in, but no result there. I appreciate any help.
> >
> >(I can add that I have been using Linux/Mandrake for 6 months, so I´m not
> >new with the OS)
> >
> >/Edvard
> >
> >
> >_s_p_r_a_y_
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> OK REPRODUCED
>
> Identical behavi
