Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
I have a mandrake 8.0 install disk that worked fine on 2 other systems...but when I tried to install it on my Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3.. it gave me the same error message also. I read as many of the archived emails as i could find on the subject..and Civilme..said somthing about passing some other info..(like you can ram)...before the install began. I wasn't brave enough or knowledgable enough to attempt this... Since I had no clue what I was actually attempting. Will 8.1 possibly correct these install issues? BTW-- I am not complaining this list and MANDRAKE are GREAT! I run M$ 98 on the laptop for now...(find it hard to convert the wife and kid)..but run 8.0 on my IBM Aptiva and Mandrake 7.2 on my work computer --- Old Ibm pc 350 / 166mghz/--but does have 180 meg ram :) 8.0 didn't like the ibm pc350 either... even tried some of the other .img files when booting. I am extremely happy with the progress that Mandrake has made with each new release. I am a definate newbie.but every release makes it easier and easier for newbies like myself to use Linux. and I am very happy to say I use LInux Mandrake! :) Have given a few disks out to other newbies at the local LUG meetings I attend. (Figured I should start them out right! :) Thanks again -- Dave Crouse Registered Linux User #204085 - Running LInux-Mandrake 8.0 on a M$-Free PC On Sunday 02 September 2001 21:24, you wrote: > I did install this another machine and the install went fine, though that > was just a generic ide all around system with no scsi devices > - > Thomas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - Original Message - > From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "TLG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:03 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi > controller > > > On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the > > error > > > > "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" and intall halts. I > > > created > > an > > > > other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I > > > belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: > > > > > > PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) > > > have to insmod ncr53c8xx > > > needs ncr53c8xx > > > file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o > > > > > > Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the > > install. > > > > Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? > > > > > > Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. > > > > > > > > > BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install > > > Linux. - > > > Thomas > > > > The "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" is a classic symptom of a > > bad > > > CD > > > > If it read that far, it is seeing your CD. Now the problem is picking > > the ncr driver off it or the symbios driver from it. This is likely to > > be a media problem since we supply both those drivers. > > > > If you bought the Pack, (either Desktop or PowerPack or the simple one, > > register your product and notify technical support of the problem. They > > do > > > have replacement CDs available for shipment. > > > > Civileme > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- >- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
I did install this another machine and the install went fine, though that was just a generic ide all around system with no scsi devices - Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "TLG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller > On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error > > "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" and intall halts. I created an > > other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I > > belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: > > > > PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) > > have to insmod ncr53c8xx > > needs ncr53c8xx > > file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o > > > > Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the install. > > Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? > > > > Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. > > > > > > BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install > > Linux. - > > Thomas > > The "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" is a classic symptom of a bad > CD > > If it read that far, it is seeing your CD. Now the problem is picking the > ncr driver off it or the symbios driver from it. This is likely to be a > media problem since we supply both those drivers. > > If you bought the Pack, (either Desktop or PowerPack or the simple one, > register your product and notify technical support of the problem. They do > have replacement CDs available for shipment. > > Civileme > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 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] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: > Hello, > > I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error > "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" and intall halts. I created an > other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I > belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: > > PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) > have to insmod ncr53c8xx > needs ncr53c8xx > file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o > > Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the install. > Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? > > Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. > > > BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install > Linux. - > Thomas The "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" is a classic symptom of a bad CD If it read that far, it is seeing your CD. Now the problem is picking the ncr driver off it or the symbios driver from it. This is likely to be a media problem since we supply both those drivers. If you bought the Pack, (either Desktop or PowerPack or the simple one, register your product and notify technical support of the problem. They do have replacement CDs available for shipment. Civileme > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi controller
Hello, I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the error "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" and intall halts. I created an other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) have to insmod ncr53c8xx needs ncr53c8xx file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the install. Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install Linux. - Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
