[Re: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post! ]
Mark Thanks for this. try reinstalling and this time don't do the HDD optimization. I don't think with a drive that big and a system as efficient as linux that you're going to really need to worry about optimizing, and I suspect that there is a small , but apparently noticable enough hardware conflict going on there. I also suspect that it will all evaporate as soon as you install without optimizing. I don't actually remember 'choosing' HDD optimisation! I'll have to go do it again... paying more attention this time :-). I don't think I'll get a chance to try it before Saturday but I'll let you know the result. Thanks again. Lance
Re: [newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post!
I would look in my /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file and check for references to hdparm commands, when you find these, you can then comment them out if you like or change them to your liking. There should be some info on this (the hdparm command and its parameters) on http://www.mandrakeuser.org just do a search for hdparm or visit: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hide2.html On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Patti Wavinak wrote: If I recall correctly when you install it says that it is NOT a good idea to set the hard drive optimisation function. I do not know if you can "undo" that or if you need to reinstall and not use that function. I don't know if this helps but at least I answered giggle Patti - Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/26/00, 3:47:31 PM, Lance Dow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post!: Hi There I posted the message below to the list on Saturday. So far, I've had only one response which, unfortunatly, didn't take me forward in any meaningful way (thanks anyway Paul). I can't believe no one else knows the answer. Can sombody help me out... please? Lance __ Hi Guys Finally got 7.1 installed on my new system - Athlon 700, 128MB, 13.6G HDD - Linux only, no Windows. It all seemed to be going smoothly until it came to the first re-boot. It reached the point where it says; Starting hard drive optimisation for hda [OK] then it goes no further. I left it in that state for over an hour and it never moved. I could hear what sounds like disk accessing at round one minute intervals but don't see any activity on the HDD light to confirm this. Any ideas where I go from here? How do I go about tracking down what the problem might be? I created a boot disk during the install and, I suppose, I could use this to start the system. But I have absolutely no Idea what I'm looking for! One more thing. This message is part of the Interactive Startup (or Setup - not sure). Is this anything like the setup on Windows where you can step through the entries in autoexec.bat and config.sys at boot-up, choosing which drivers etc are loaded? If so, how do I do it under Linux? Is there a troubleshooting HOWTO that covers this sort of thing? All help gratefully received. Regards Lance Dow
[newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post!
Hi There I posted the message below to the list on Saturday. So far, I've had only one response which, unfortunatly, didn't take me forward in any meaningful way (thanks anyway Paul). I can't believe no one else knows the answer. Can sombody help me out... please? Lance __ Hi Guys Finally got 7.1 installed on my new system - Athlon 700, 128MB, 13.6G HDD - Linux only, no Windows. It all seemed to be going smoothly until it came to the first re-boot. It reached the point where it says; Starting hard drive optimisation for hda [OK] then it goes no further. I left it in that state for over an hour and it never moved. I could hear what sounds like disk accessing at round one minute intervals but don't see any activity on the HDD light to confirm this. Any ideas where I go from here? How do I go about tracking down what the problem might be? I created a boot disk during the install and, I suppose, I could use this to start the system. But I have absolutely no Idea what I'm looking for! One more thing. This message is part of the Interactive Startup (or Setup - not sure). Is this anything like the setup on Windows where you can step through the entries in autoexec.bat and config.sys at boot-up, choosing which drivers etc are loaded? If so, how do I do it under Linux? Is there a troubleshooting HOWTO that covers this sort of thing? All help gratefully received. Regards Lance Dow
Re: [newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post!
Lance, try reinstalling and this time don't do the HDD optimization. I don't think with a drive that big and a system as efficient as linux that you're going to really need to worry about optimizing, and I suspect that there is a small , but apparently noticable enough hardware conflict going on there. I also suspect that it will all evaporate as soon as you install without optimizing. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496 On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Lance Dow wrote: Hi There I posted the message below to the list on Saturday. So far, I've had only one response which, unfortunatly, didn't take me forward in any meaningful way (thanks anyway Paul). I can't believe no one else knows the answer. Can sombody help me out... please? Lance __ Hi Guys Finally got 7.1 installed on my new system - Athlon 700, 128MB, 13.6G HDD - Linux only, no Windows. It all seemed to be going smoothly until it came to the first re-boot. It reached the point where it says; Starting hard drive optimisation for hda [OK] then it goes no further. I left it in that state for over an hour and it never moved. I could hear what sounds like disk accessing at round one minute intervals but don't see any activity on the HDD light to confirm this. Any ideas where I go from here? How do I go about tracking down what the problem might be? I created a boot disk during the install and, I suppose, I could use this to start the system. But I have absolutely no Idea what I'm looking for! One more thing. This message is part of the Interactive Startup (or Setup - not sure). Is this anything like the setup on Windows where you can step through the entries in autoexec.bat and config.sys at boot-up, choosing which drivers etc are loaded? If so, how do I do it under Linux? Is there a troubleshooting HOWTO that covers this sort of thing? All help gratefully received. Regards Lance Dow
Re: [newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post!
If I recall correctly when you install it says that it is NOT a good idea to set the hard drive optimisation function. I do not know if you can "undo" that or if you need to reinstall and not use that function. I don't know if this helps but at least I answered giggle Patti - Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/26/00, 3:47:31 PM, Lance Dow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post!: Hi There I posted the message below to the list on Saturday. So far, I've had only one response which, unfortunatly, didn't take me forward in any meaningful way (thanks anyway Paul). I can't believe no one else knows the answer. Can sombody help me out... please? Lance __ Hi Guys Finally got 7.1 installed on my new system - Athlon 700, 128MB, 13.6G HDD - Linux only, no Windows. It all seemed to be going smoothly until it came to the first re-boot. It reached the point where it says; Starting hard drive optimisation for hda [OK] then it goes no further. I left it in that state for over an hour and it never moved. I could hear what sounds like disk accessing at round one minute intervals but don't see any activity on the HDD light to confirm this. Any ideas where I go from here? How do I go about tracking down what the problem might be? I created a boot disk during the install and, I suppose, I could use this to start the system. But I have absolutely no Idea what I'm looking for! One more thing. This message is part of the Interactive Startup (or Setup - not sure). Is this anything like the setup on Windows where you can step through the entries in autoexec.bat and config.sys at boot-up, choosing which drivers etc are loaded? If so, how do I do it under Linux? Is there a troubleshooting HOWTO that covers this sort of thing? All help gratefully received. Regards Lance Dow
