Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
of the board, but it does have Fresno printed along one edge. FSB is I guess the bus speed to the expansioh slots - supposedly the front side of the CPU. Doesn't make much sense. I guess it's related to the speed that the CPU can interface with the peripherals, memory, etc. If it's in front of anything my guess it's in frunt of the CPU. - Intel 82810 Onbaord Video Graphics with 4 Mb of shared video memory (Integrated into chipset, no AGP slot) Others have suggested it may be a problem. 4 megs of video should be enough for most things. I've got 16. Supposedly, 32-bit color at 1024x768 resolution needs just a little over 4 megs. But that should not impact the installer, and you can select a particular resolution and test different ones during the X setup. - 56K v.90 Modem PCI (Cheetah apparently) This might be a concern - many PCI modems are winmodems. If so, modeming will be difficult because the winmodems are dumbed-down modems' that require Windows hardware calls to function. - Internet Multimedia Keyboard full size (104 key) Marketing hype. Does the keyboard play sound? :) - 2 button Mouse PS/2 Wonder why they didn't market the mouse as multimedia :). Diane Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, andwant to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the "Install Mandrake" button, a message appears saying "your computer will reboot ... installation will begin" (or to that effect). When I clicked "OK" - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:55, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Hi Diane: Welcome to the list and to Linux. First of all, let's check if your computer can boot from CD. When you reboot your computer, usually the first screen gives you a message about hitting a key to enter setup (normally the key is F2 or Enter). After entering the BIOS setup, you will be presented options that you can set. Browse those options and tell us if you can find something like Drive order to boot from. If you can find it, select the CD as the first unit to boot from. Let's try this and then post what you have got. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) Welcome to the wonderful of Linux *smiles* I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. You should be able to fix so it boots in the computers BIOS SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. Can you use the CD-Rom in Windows? If no, does the computer BIOS see the CD-Rom? It probably is a IDE/ATAPI-CD (I am not sure what the drivers name is, but it is the most common type) Best Regards, Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:55, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Hi Diane: Welcome to the list and to Linux. First of all, let's check if your computer can boot from CD. When you reboot your computer, usually the first screen gives you a message about hitting a key to enter setup (normally the key is F2 or Enter). After entering the BIOS setup, you will be presented options that you can set. Browse those options and tell us if you can find something like Drive order to boot from. If you can find it, select the CD as the first unit to boot from. Let's try this and then post what you have got. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) 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: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
If you do not have a owners manual handy you can watch the screen closely during startup. You will probably see something saying press F1 or some other key to change settings. Press and hold that key. That should bring you to the BIOS setup screen. While you are in the bios you may also want to check if there is any setting for a plug and play OS sometimes called PNP or PNP OS. Disable or shut off this feature Good luck and welcome to the group Marc On Thursday 06 March 2003 05:05 pm, Lanman wrote: Diane; You need to make a small change in your BIOS so that the CDROM drive is the first to boot. After that, everything will work fine. Check your owner's manual, and look for information which tells you how to enter your BIOS. Once you get into the BIOS, you should be able to change the order of the boot drives so that your CDROm is the first. Re-Start your install from scratch, using the first Mandrake CD to boot from, and you shold be in good shape. You can leave your BIOS as is after the istall, but remember that and CD's which are Bootable will launch the system if you leave them in the CDROM drive when starting or rebooting. Otherwise, change your BIOS back to the original settings after you've completed the install. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 3/6/2003 at 12:55 PM Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault -- Marc KM5KW Powered by Mandrake Linux 9.0 and Kmail. This is a 100%Windows and microsoft free computer For a superior OS, virus and crash resistant go to http://www.mandrake.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Dianne, You may need to go a step further and check your hardware connections. Specifically the ribbon cable from your IDE controller to the CD-rom drive itself. Check to see if this cable has come loose at all, if it has, then this could be your problem. From what you described in your previous post, sounds like your cd-rom failed during install, if you cables are secure, then you may have purchased a defective cd-rom drive. Good-luck, and welcome to the world of Linux! -Jonathan -Original Message- From: Diane Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:55, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Hi Diane: Welcome to the list and to Linux. First of all, let's check if your computer can boot from CD. When you reboot your computer, usually the first screen gives you a message about hitting a key to enter setup (normally the key is F2 or Enter). After entering the BIOS setup, you will be presented options that you can set. Browse those options and tell us if you can find something like Drive order to boot from. If you can find it, select the CD as the first unit to boot from. Let's try this and then post what you have got. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) -- -- 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: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:19, Diane Arsenault wrote: Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane Let me ask you something. Can you boot from a Windows CD? The reason I ask you this is because the Mandrake CD may be corrupted. Just to make sure. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Diane; You need to make a small change in your BIOS so that the CDROM drive is the first to boot. After that, everything will work fine. Check your owner's manual, and look for information which tells you how to enter your BIOS. Once you get into the BIOS, you should be able to change the order of the boot drives so that your CDROm is the first. Re-Start your install from scratch, using the first Mandrake CD to boot from, and you shold be in good shape. You can leave your BIOS as is after the istall, but remember that and CD's which are Bootable will launch the system if you leave them in the CDROM drive when starting or rebooting. Otherwise, change your BIOS back to the original settings after you've completed the install. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 3/6/2003 at 12:55 PM Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 5:23 pm, Jonathan Shilling wrote: Dianne, You may need to go a step further and check your hardware connections. Specifically the ribbon cable from your IDE controller to the CD-rom drive itself. Check to see if this cable has come loose at all, if it has, then this could be your problem. From what you described in your previous post, sounds like your cd-rom failed during install, if you cables are secure, then you may have purchased a defective cd-rom drive. Good-luck, and welcome to the world of Linux! -Jonathan -Original Message- From: Diane Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:55, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Hi Diane: Welcome to the list and to Linux. First of all, let's check if your computer can boot from CD. When you reboot your computer, usually the first screen gives you a message about hitting a key to enter setup (normally the key is F2 or Enter). After entering the BIOS setup, you will be presented options that you can set. Browse those options and tell us if you can find something like Drive order to boot from. If you can find it, select the CD as the first unit to boot from. Let's try this and then post what you have got. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com just a thought here if you go back to your bios menu... usually F1 wil take you to the IDE device list/settings screen you'll see something like this if you have a hard drive as master and cdrom as slave channel type start end blocks type 1 IDE 0001 8787 8787block 2 - - - -AUTO seting AUTO on device 2 tells the bios to autodetect at bootup this solved to problem on my p133 server which wouldnt boot from cdrom HTH -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Z4nft3yCLmAxGjYRAuWDAJwOzu0jrwgVKLWEsoRBEQ/+RFf0LwCgjc+6 1UFWfY1sdXcr11BGmEx/AI4= =AnAr -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Hi, No - I can't boot from any Cd at all. So I don't think the actual Cd is the problem - I think it's to do with the Master Boot Record??? Just a stab in the dark, mind you! Any help at all is very much appreciated at this point. Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:19, Diane Arsenault wrote: Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane Let me ask you something. Can you boot from a Windows CD? The reason I ask you this is because the Mandrake CD may be corrupted. Just to make sure. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) 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: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Hi Simon - My HDD is Primary master, I have a Cd-ROM drive set as Secondary master, and a CD-RW set as Secondary Slave. Both CD's are on Auto. Diane P.S. I have checked the cables - all is well (Simon wrote the following to me): just a thought here if you go back to your bios menu... usually F1 wil take you to the IDE device list/settings screen you'll see something like this if you have a hard drive as master and cdrom as slave channel type start end blocks type 1 IDE 0001 8787 8787block 2 - - - -AUTO seting AUTO on device 2 tells the bios to autodetect at bootup this solved to problem on my p133 server which wouldnt boot from cdrom - Original Message - From: Simon Prosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 5:23 pm, Jonathan Shilling wrote: Dianne, You may need to go a step further and check your hardware connections. Specifically the ribbon cable from your IDE controller to the CD-rom drive itself. Check to see if this cable has come loose at all, if it has, then this could be your problem. From what you described in your previous post, sounds like your cd-rom failed during install, if you cables are secure, then you may have purchased a defective cd-rom drive. Good-luck, and welcome to the world of Linux! -Jonathan -Original Message- From: Diane Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:55, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Hi Diane: Welcome to the list and to Linux. First of all, let's check if your computer can boot from CD. When you reboot your computer, usually the first screen gives you a message about hitting a key to enter setup (normally the key is F2 or Enter). After entering the BIOS setup, you will be presented options that you can set. Browse those options and tell us if you can find something like Drive order to boot from. If you can find it, select the CD as the first unit to boot from. Let's try this and then post what you have got. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com HTH -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Z4nft3yCLmAxGjYRAuWDAJwOzu0jrwgVKLWEsoRBEQ/+RFf0LwCgjc+6 1UFWfY1sdXcr11BGmEx/AI4= =AnAr -END PGP SIGNATURE
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 11:21 pm, Marc Oestreicher wrote: If you do not have a owners manual handy you can watch the screen closely during startup. You will probably see something saying press F1 or some other key to change settings. Press and hold that key. That should bring you to the BIOS setup screen. While you are in the bios you may also want to check if there is any setting for a plug and play OS sometimes called PNP or PNP OS. Disable or shut off this feature Though be aware that on some systems there will be problems with windoew98 if pnp is shut off. If that happens, switch it back on. It seems to depend on your system. I ran a dual boot with it switched on for a good while, without problems. It's better off for Mandrake if you can, but if you can't get your windows to swallow it, just go with the flow. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 5:56 pm, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi Simon - My HDD is Primary master, I have a Cd-ROM drive set as Secondary master, and a CD-RW set as Secondary Slave. Both CD's are on Auto. Diane P.S. I have checked the cables - all is well I've never come across this before - still desperate measures? Have you tried the disk in both the cd-rom and the cd-rw? If you have set cd as number 1 boot it should try both. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:50, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi, No - I can't boot from any Cd at all. So I don't think the actual Cd is the problem - I think it's to do with the Master Boot Record??? Just a stab in the dark, mind you! Any help at all is very much appreciated at this point. Diane No Diane. You only get to the hard drive MBR after bypassing the CD bootup step. But if you can't boot from *any* bootable CD, no matter whether it is Windows or Linux, then something is wrong with the hardware (assuming that the BIOS is correctly set up). Given that it is a new computer, I would take it back to the store and ask for another one. Carry the Windows and Mandrake boot CDs to show them the problem. Good luck! -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
can you boot from a floppy? On Thursday 06 March 2003 12:50 pm, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi, No - I can't boot from any Cd at all. So I don't think the actual Cd is the problem - I think it's to do with the Master Boot Record??? Just a stab in the dark, mind you! Any help at all is very much appreciated at this point. Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:19, Diane Arsenault wrote: Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane Let me ask you something. Can you boot from a Windows CD? The reason I ask you this is because the Mandrake CD may be corrupted. Just to make sure. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) --- - 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: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:05 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:50, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi, No - I can't boot from any Cd at all. So I don't think the actual Cd is the problem - I think it's to do with the Master Boot Record??? Just a stab in the dark, mind you! Any help at all is very much appreciated at this point. Diane No Diane. You only get to the hard drive MBR after bypassing the CD bootup step. But if you can't boot from *any* bootable CD, no matter whether it is Windows or Linux, then something is wrong with the hardware (assuming that the BIOS is correctly set up). Given that it is a new computer, I would take it back to the store and ask for another one. Carry the Windows and Mandrake boot CDs to show them the problem. Good luck! of course we could teach you how to do it from booting with a boot disk you can create from the CDroms,,, if we want, and if you can boot up from a cdrom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Title: RE: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Diane Arsenault Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 Hi Simon - My HDD is Primary master, I have a Cd-ROM drive set as Secondary master, and a CD-RW set as Secondary Slave. Both CD's are on Auto. Diane P.S. I have checked the cables - all is well (Simon wrote the following to me): just a thought here if you go back to your bios menu... usually F1 wil take you to the IDE device list/settings screen you'll see something like this if you have a hard drive as master and cdrom as slave channel type start end blocks type 1 IDE 0001 8787 8787 block 2 - - - - AUTO seting AUTO on device 2 tells the bios to autodetect at bootup this solved to problem on my p133 server which wouldnt boot from cdrom - Original Message - From: Simon Prosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 5:23 pm, Jonathan Shilling wrote: Dianne, You may need to go a step further and check your hardware connections. Specifically the ribbon cable from your IDE controller to the CD-rom drive itself. Check to see if this cable has come loose at all, if it has, then this could be your problem. From what you described in your previous post, sounds like your cd-rom failed during install, if you cables are secure, then you may have purchased a defective cd-rom drive. Good-luck, and welcome to the world of Linux! -Jonathan -Original Message- From: Diane Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:55, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Hi Diane: Welcome to the list and to Linux. First of all, let's check if your computer can boot from CD. When you reboot your computer, usually the first screen gives you a message about hitting a key to enter setup (normally the key is F2 or Enter). After entering the BIOS setup, you will be presented options that you can set. Browse those options and tell us if you can find something like Drive order to boot from. If you can find it, select the CD as the first unit to boot from. Let's try this and then post what you have got. -- __ / \\ @ __ __ @ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / // cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com // pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com HTH -BEGIN PGP
RE: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Dianne, You may want to try disconnecting the cd-rw drive and leaving only the cd-rom as secondary master, there may be a conflict between the two drives. If that works, check the device jumper settings on the two drives and make sure that they are not both trying to claim the master setting, Jonathan -Original Message- From: et [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:05 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:50, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi, No - I can't boot from any Cd at all. So I don't think the actual Cd is the problem - I think it's to do with the Master Boot Record??? Just a stab in the dark, mind you! Any help at all is very much appreciated at this point. Diane No Diane. You only get to the hard drive MBR after bypassing the CD bootup step. But if you can't boot from *any* bootable CD, no matter whether it is Windows or Linux, then something is wrong with the hardware (assuming that the BIOS is correctly set up). Given that it is a new computer, I would take it back to the store and ask for another one. Carry the Windows and Mandrake boot CDs to show them the problem. Good luck! of course we could teach you how to do it from booting with a boot disk you can create from the CDroms,,, if we want, and if you can boot up from a cdrom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:14 pm, et wrote: On Thursday 06 March 2003 01:05 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:50, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi, No - I can't boot from any Cd at all. So I don't think the actual Cd is the problem - I think it's to do with the Master Boot Record??? Just a stab in the dark, mind you! Any help at all is very much appreciated at this point. Diane No Diane. You only get to the hard drive MBR after bypassing the CD bootup step. But if you can't boot from *any* bootable CD, no matter whether it is Windows or Linux, then something is wrong with the hardware (assuming that the BIOS is correctly set up). Given that it is a new computer, I would take it back to the store and ask for another one. Carry the Windows and Mandrake boot CDs to show them the problem. Good luck! of course we could teach you how to do it from booting with a boot disk you can create from the CDroms,,, if we want, and if you can boot up from a cdrom this instruction is cut and pasted from the Mandrake 9.0 download edition CD#1 a file called install.txt and you should be able to read this file even in Windows or Dos Make a boot floppy with Windows If your computer cannot boot from the CDROM and previous methods do not work, you must make a boot floppy under Windows as follows: * insert the CDROM, then open the icon My Computer, right click on the CDROM drive icon and select Open * go into the dosutils directory and double-click on the rawwritewin icon * insert a blank floppy in the floppy drive * select D:\images\cdrom.img in the Image File field (assuming that your CDROM drive is D:, otherwise replace D: as needed) * select A: in the Floppy Drive field then click on Write. To begin the installation: * insert the CDROM in the drive, as well as the boot floppy, then * restart the computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thursday 06 March 2003 07:55 am, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello everyone, I am totally new to Linux. Just bought a new computer, and want to install both Windows 95 and Mandrake 9.0 on it. Here's what I've done so far: (Computer = HP 7915, Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz, 256 Mb SDram, 40 GB HDD) I created a 2 Gb primary Dos partition to install Win95 - all went well with that. Since I cannot boot from my CD-ROM drive (don't know why), I ran Win95, inserted Mandrake CD1in drive, get a setup screen offering several options (install, use floppy, etc). When I click on the Install Mandrake button, a message appears saying your computer will reboot ... installation will begin (or to that effect). When I clicked OK - nothing happened. SO ... I created a floppy, using the cdrom.img file, and tried that way. Everything was going fine, then my computer rebooted diring the program installation, and I get a message that it can't find the CD-ROM. Asks me which driver to try. (I have NO idea). If I randomly choose a driver to try (what the heck, aye), I get asked for kernel info. Well, now I'm just lost. I'm sure at least one of you newbies must have had a similar problem?? Would some kind sould please help me out? Diane Arsenault Ummm, first of all, please set your mailer to plain text messages. I had to retrieve yours from trash (i do scan trash for newbie messages), but that is where html mail from all the lists I am a member of goes first. We need to know more about your hardware. Since you are installing win95 it appears you may have an older computer, and there may be specific dodges or an older distro to employ to make that work. So--we need to know your memory, your processor, and any information you can find about your motherboard chipset or video card... It could be one of the older motherboards whose Basic Input-Output System(BIOS) misreports the memory map to the OS, and the latest linux kernels now trust the BIOS unless you override at install time by pressing F1 and then typing linux mem=xyM where xy is whatever memory you have less any memory shared for video less perhaps another MB which is used for ROMs and low memory when DOS/Windows boots. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Hello Civileme, Oops - sorry about the HTML - I didn't realize it wasn't set to plain text. OK - info about my computer. It's a HP Pavilion 7915, and I purchased it from a company that sells factory overstocks from HP. It came hardware only (FYI - it did have Win98 on it, but when I first installed XP it trashed that). Her are the specs I know: - Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz Processor - Socket 370 Motherboard, 100 Mhz FSB (what is FSB). I don't know the make of the board, but it does have Fresno printed along one edge. - 128 Mb SDRAM PC 100, 2 DIMM sockets. I had 128 Mb added, for a total of 256. (NOTE - when the BIOS fires up it report 255 Mb's, not 256) - 40 Gb 5400 RPM Hard Drive - 48x CD-ROM Drive (LG) (original equipment) - 48 x 24 x 48 x CD-RW added (also LG) - 1.44 3.5 Floppy Drive - Intel 82810 Onbaord Video Graphics with 4 Mb of shared video memory (Integrated into chipset, no AGP slot) - AC97 Audio - Soundblaster compatible 16 bit 3-D Stereo Onboard Sound - 56K v.90 Modem PCI (Cheetah apparently) - Internet Multimedia Keyboard full size (104 key) - 2 button Mouse PS/2 - Polk Audio Stereo Speakers - PORTS: 2 USB, PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, 2 - 9 Pin Serial, Parallel, Joystick - JACKS: Speaker, Microphone, Audio In, Audio Out - Monitor - Not Included. I purchased a HP Pavilion mx 70. - HARD DRIVE is SAMSUNG SV4002H (Primary Master) - CD-ROM is LG Electronics, Model CRD-8485B (Secondary Master) - CD-RW is LG Electronics, Model GCE-8481B (Secondary Slave) - BIOS is PhoenixBIOS 4.0, Release 6.0, Core Version 4.06, Bios Revision 3.08 02/16/02 FYI - although the specs say 4 MB shared video memory, under the Advanced menu in the BIOS it says 1 MB. I also have a list of all my BIOS settings if that would be of any help at all. Diane - Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 Ummm, first of all, please set your mailer to plain text messages. I had to retrieve yours from trash (i do scan trash for newbie messages), but that is where html mail from all the lists I am a member of goes first. We need to know more about your hardware. Since you are installing win95 it appears you may have an older computer, and there may be specific dodges or an older distro to employ to make that work. So--we need to know your memory, your processor, and any information you can find about your motherboard chipset or video card... It could be one of the older motherboards whose Basic Input-Output System(BIOS) misreports the memory map to the OS, and the latest linux kernels now trust the BIOS unless you override at install time by pressing F1 and then typing linux mem=xyM where xy is whatever memory you have less any memory shared for video less perhaps another MB which is used for ROMs and low memory when DOS/Windows boots. Civileme 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: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 07:51, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello Civileme, Oops - sorry about the HTML - I didn't realize it wasn't set to plain text. OK - info about my computer. It's a HP Pavilion 7915, and I purchased it from a company that sells factory overstocks from HP. It came hardware only (FYI - it did have Win98 on it, but when I first installed XP it trashed that). Her are the specs I know: - Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz Processor - Intelligent Celery running at 1100mhz - Socket 370 Motherboard, 100 Mhz FSB (what is FSB). I don't know the make of the board, but it does have Fresno printed along one edge. - FSB stand for either Front Side Bus (doesn't make sense, does it?) - OR - Forward Searching Beagle (makes more sense) - 128 Mb SDRAM PC 100, 2 DIMM sockets. I had 128 Mb added, for a total of 256. (NOTE - when the BIOS fires up it report 255 Mb's, not 256) - HP can't count. - 40 Gb 5400 RPM Hard Drive - 48x CD-ROM Drive (LG) (original equipment) - 48 x 24 x 48 x CD-RW added (also LG) - 1.44 3.5 Floppy Drive - Intel 82810 Onbaord Video Graphics with 4 Mb of shared video memory (Integrated into chipset, no AGP slot) - Gawd - a whopping 4mb for graphics! Gads, don't know if I could deal with that much video RAM...(g) - AC97 Audio - Dang - AC'97 - and it's now 2003 - musta been a good year. - Soundblaster compatible 16 bit 3-D Stereo Onboard Sound - 56K v.90 Modem PCI (Cheetah apparently) - Internet Multimedia Keyboard full size (104 key) - 2 button Mouse PS/2 - Polk Audio Stereo Speakers - Maybe it's the Polk speakers that are causing all the problems? - PORTS: 2 USB, PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, 2 - 9 Pin Serial, Parallel, Joystick - JACKS: Speaker, Microphone, Audio In, Audio Out - missing a Jack. Jack Daniels. - Monitor - Not Included. I purchased a HP Pavilion mx 70. - If you don't have a monitor, how can you see what you're doing when you're doing your installations? - HARD DRIVE is SAMSUNG SV4002H (Primary Master) - Samsung is a Korean company (I worked there) - so maybe this particular HD is from NORTH Korea and it's starting a war with you? - CD-ROM is LG Electronics, Model CRD-8485B (Secondary Master) - CD-RW is LG Electronics, Model GCE-8481B (Secondary Slave) - LG= Life's Good. God, I hate their ads. - BIOS is PhoenixBIOS 4.0, Release 6.0, Core Version 4.06, Bios Revision 3.08 02/16/02 - Doesn't a Phoenix rise from it's ashes? Maybe you need to set the machine on fire, then a whole new machine will appear out of the tangle mess of melted metal and plastic? (Today is Australian Smart Arse Day - sorry for digressing from the seriousness of the original thread) -- Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:55:00 +1100 7:55am up 9:20, 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.16, 0.19 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Your Flux Capacitor has gone bad. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 10:09:22AM -0800, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Diane Arsenault Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 Hi Simon - My HDD is Primary master, I have a Cd-ROM drive set as Secondary master, and a CD-RW set as Secondary Slave. Both CD's are on Auto. Some systems will only boot from drives on the *first* IDE chain. -- hendrik Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Diane Arsenault wrote: Hello Civileme, Oops - sorry about the HTML - I didn't realize it wasn't set to plain text. - 128 Mb SDRAM PC 100, 2 DIMM sockets. I had 128 Mb added, for a total of 256. (NOTE - when the BIOS fires up it report 255 Mb's, not 256) - 40 Gb 5400 RPM Hard Drive - 48x CD-ROM Drive (LG) (original equipment) - 48 x 24 x 48 x CD-RW added (also LG) - 1.44 3.5 Floppy Drive - Intel 82810 Onbaord Video Graphics with 4 Mb of shared video memory (Integrated into chipset, no AGP slot) Snipped FYI - although the specs say 4 MB shared video memory, under the Advanced menu in the BIOS it says 1 MB. 4mb video memory isn't very much these days, I have 8 and sometimes the display struggles a bit. And if it's set in the BIOS to only use 1mb then it's possible that the graphical installation can't actually function on such a low vid memory. Of course, I may be wrong about this and there are plenty of people on this list who know more than me. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thursday March 6 2003 12:09 pm, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: Hi Simon - My HDD is Primary master, I have a Cd-ROM drive set as Secondary master, and a CD-RW set as Secondary Slave. Both CD's are on Auto. Diane Di, are you sure the drive jumpers are set as such. Many Windoze computers are delivered with drives, specially CD drives set to Cable select. A setting only Bill Gates understands ;) According to your statement, your cdrom should be hdc with the jumper set to master, and your cd-rw is hdd with the jumper set to slave. Altho not always absolutely neccessary, hdc should be on the last connector on the second channel (ide1) ribbon cable, and the slave, hdd should be on the middle connector. Have you tried any of your bootable CD's in other systems to see if they are in fact, bootable? -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Looks like the computer might be a bit old, can't boot from CDrom. I had that problem in the past, and I had to create a boot disk and boot via floppy method. YPK Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi, No - I can't boot from any Cd at all. So I don't think the actual Cd is the problem - I think it's to do with the Master Boot Record??? Just a stab in the dark, mind you! Any help at all is very much appreciated at this point. Diane - Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:19, Diane Arsenault wrote: Thanks to both Lanman and Adolfo for their replies. Unfortunately, I have already placed my Cd-ROM drive at the top of the boot priority list, but some reason I can't boot from it regardless. What now? Diane Let me ask you something. Can you boot from a Windows CD? The reason I ask you this is because the Mandrake CD may be corrupted. Just to make sure. -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
Hi Tom, No, I haven' ttried these CD's on anohter system - Good thought. I'll be sure to try that before I pack this thing up and send 'er back! Diane - Original Message - From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0 On Thursday March 6 2003 12:09 pm, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: Hi Simon - My HDD is Primary master, I have a Cd-ROM drive set as Secondary master, and a CD-RW set as Secondary Slave. Both CD's are on Auto. Diane Di, are you sure the drive jumpers are set as such. Many Windoze computers are delivered with drives, specially CD drives set to Cable select. A setting only Bill Gates understands ;) According to your statement, your cdrom should be hdc with the jumper set to master, and your cd-rw is hdd with the jumper set to slave. Altho not always absolutely neccessary, hdc should be on the last connector on the second channel (ide1) ribbon cable, and the slave, hdd should be on the middle connector. Have you tried any of your bootable CD's in other systems to see if they are in fact, bootable? -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas 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: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 19:37, Diane Arsenault wrote: Hi Tom, No, I haven' ttried these CD's on anohter system - Good thought. I'll be sure to try that before I pack this thing up and send 'er back! Bravo -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
