Re: [newbie] Install problem
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 06:03 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 17 November 2004 02:28 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) My Son in Law and I fiddled around with an old IBM thinkpad whose rom was broken. In the end we took it apart and managed to hook up another tempary rom drive to do the job. It worked for us, but of course the temporaty drive didn't fit the thinkpad, so we had to put the old one back after we had installed the OS. Maybe you could extend the ide line another device in much the same way ? John Thankds Guys The nw install is out but I will have to look at it as a learning experience one good thing I was able to run it in the dos emulation command line mode so it will have nix of some kind on it Okie Dokie I purchased an adaptor pin 1 isn't marked on the laptop drive its a IBM transtar I don't want to plug this puppy in backwards as two of the lines go to 12v. -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Install problem
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 03:39, Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) 3 options: 1)Over a network connection using the network floppy (on the first cdrom in the images directory) read the README's on the install CD for further info. 2) Take out the HD and install it using one with a CD-player then put it back. 3)get an external Cd-rom via pcmcia, usb or par_port. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Install problem
Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) My Son in Law and I fiddled around with an old IBM thinkpad whose rom was broken. In the end we took it apart and managed to hook up another tempary rom drive to do the job. It worked for us, but of course the temporaty drive didn't fit the thinkpad, so we had to put the old one back after we had installed the OS. Maybe you could extend the ide line another device in much the same way ? John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Install problem
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 02:28 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) My Son in Law and I fiddled around with an old IBM thinkpad whose rom was broken. In the end we took it apart and managed to hook up another tempary rom drive to do the job. It worked for us, but of course the temporaty drive didn't fit the thinkpad, so we had to put the old one back after we had installed the OS. Maybe you could extend the ide line another device in much the same way ? John Thankds Guys The nw install is out but I will have to look at it as a learning experience one good thing I was able to run it in the dos emulation command line mode so it will have nix of some kind on it -- When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor, he betrays the interest of his country. --Noah Webster. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Install problem
I have aquired a Compaq laptop Armada 7400 unfortunely it does not have cdrom drive any way i can get mandrake on this puppy I'd really like to do it 'cause the price was right (free) -- When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor, he betrays the interest of his country. --Noah Webster. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Install problem
I have Mdk 10.0 on hda and just put Slackware 10.0 on hdc then thought I'd put Mdk on hdc's remaining space. The install fails after choosing language and accepting the agreement. Eventually it drops to the shell and says ...exited with signal 8 The last thing I see before the error message is the hard drive detection stage. I've also had Debian on the disk but Mdk won't go with it either. I've also tried the install with Mdk as the only OS on the disk. On a whim I downloaded and burned the 1st disc again (md5sum checks out) and tried with it, but no luck. The RAM (512 MB SDRAM) passes the Memtest86 tests with no problem. Any guesses would be appreciated. Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Install Problem
jeepcreep wrote: Just finished installing 8.1. Atr the end of the install process I was asked to reboot. When I did, after recognizing all the hardware and before getting into the OS, my screen started producing line after line of '40's, nonstop. What is happening? Need to know a little more about your system. 1. Are using lilo? 2. If yes, post your lilo.config file. 3. Post your partition scheme. 4. How old is your computer? If it is somewhat old it may not be able to boot past 1024 cylinder. Did you make a boot floppy during the install? If you cannot boot into 8.1 you can download 'tomsrtbt' (from windows if necessary) and then you can access the new 8.1 system so you can 'look' at things and repair them if necessary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install Problem
Just finished installing 8.1. Atr the end of the install process I was asked to reboot. When I did, after recognizing all the hardware and before getting into the OS, my screen started producing line after line of '40's, nonstop. What is happening?
Re: [newbie] Install problem 8.1 on Toshiba Satellite 430 CDT
Lee, I imagine you have tried to look for a solution at different places. What sources (mailings lists etc.) did you consult to find an awnser, and what did they respond (so I don't have to spend time on the same route)? Jeu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install problem 8.1 on Toshiba Satellite 430 CDT
I'm not ableto install 8.1 on my laptop. During second stage install I get the message that the install exited abnormally. Using [ALT][F3] shows that there is a warning 'ramdisk is not possible due to low mem'. The machine stores32 mb RAM, so minimum specifications to install 8.1 are met. Does someone recognize the problem? How should it be solved? Is 32 mb really enough?
Re: [newbie] Install problem 8.1 on Toshiba Satellite 430 CDT
I had the same problem with my 435CDS and LM8.0 with 48MB of ram. LM7.2 installed normally and worked great, but I was not able to get 8.0 to install. I tried all of the installation options and all of the images on the install disk. Lee At 01:02 AM 10/25/2001 +0200, Frans Ketelaars wrote: On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:34:09 +0200 Fam. Coumans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not able to install 8.1 on my laptop. During second stage install I get the message that the install exited abnormally. Using [ALT][F3] shows that there is a warning 'ramdisk is not possible due to low mem'. The machine stores 32 mb RAM, so minimum specifications to install 8.1 are met. Does someone recognize the problem? How should it be solved? Is 32 mb really enough? At least with LM8.0 32 MB RAM was enough, but you had to select expert or text install or something with less then 64 MB RAM. HTH, -Frans 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
[newbie] Install problem - 3c509 NIC's
Hello All, Here is my situation: ;) Im Installing 8.0 on a Dell OptiPlex GXi with the onboard NIC disabled and (2) 3com 3c509 PCI NIC's specs for this model can be viewed here: http://support.dell.com/ Durring Install autoprobe detects and lists both NIC's for me, however when I click ok I get the following error. failed to get modules /lib/modules.cz-2.2.14-BOOT10: read only file system at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line 558, F line 5384 failed to get modules /lib/modules.cz-2.2.14-BOOT10: read only file system at /usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line 558, F line 5384 So I click 'OK' again and I get : an error occured no network card found. and then I get stuck in that loop and can't procced any farther in the install. I looked in /lib and I don't even see a modules.cz-2.2.14-BOOT10 ! The only thing that I can think that I am doing wrong is I am useing a 7.0 boot floppy because I don't have a 8.0 boot floppy! Both of the NIC's were pulled from a system running 7.0 so I know they work. Has anyone ever seen this problem? This is only the second time I have tried to install linux, and Im lost for ideas on how to procced. Thanks in advance. -Ryan ++ Ryan Pogge RSA Security [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rsasecurity.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install problem - 3c509 NIC's
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing that I can think that I am doing wrong is I am useing a 7.0 boot floppy because I don't have a 8.0 boot floppy! Create an 8.0 boot floppy. The 8.0 cd includes all the facilities to do this. Read the readme in the /images directory on the cd. It assumes your current OS is Windows or DOS. If you just have a machine with Linux, you can still create the boot floppy. I believe the command is dd desiredimaged.img /dev/fd0 but don't quote me on that. Hopefully that will solve your problems. Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install problem (again)
On July 12, 2001 04:22 am, you wrote: This time I was trying to put Mandrake 8.0 on my son's computer. He has a 4 gig master hdd as C: over half full and a 10 gig slave as D: with about 4 used up. I thought I could put it on hdb but the installer says that it can not resize that partition (no other error given). (It says it can resize hda, but there isn't enough room left on it.) I've run windows defrag on it a couple of times to no avail. He's using an asus CUBX mobo with 440bx chipset and a celeron cpu with 256mb ram. His hdds are a samsung (4 gig) and the 10 gig is a maxtor. Both IDE. If it would help, I might be able to get specific model numbers. Any suggestions how I might get Mandrake installed on hdb? Hey SusieQ :-) If memory servers me right you have a few systems in your household right? If so here is an option for you ... Remove the 10GB drive, and install it as a slave in one of your other systems. Remember to set the BIOS on this system the first time it posts to recognize, or find the new drive. Once it's fired up copy all of the files on to the primary hard drive. Take the 10GB drive out, and put it back in your son's machine. Boot off a Win '98 start up disk, and use fdisk to delete the existing partition on the slave drive. Then use fdisk to create a new extended parition, and when it asks you if you want to use all of the available space say no, and make it something like 50%. After that create a logical partition in the extended partition, reboot the system, and format the new parition. Now you can take the drive out of your son's machine, put it in the system that has a backup of his data, and copy the data back on to his disk. With the hard drive back in his system you will now be able to use the free space on hdb to install LM. HTH Regards, SpeedMan
Re: [newbie] Install problem (again)
On Thursday 12 July 2001 04:22, you wrote: This time I was trying to put Mandrake 8.0 on my son's computer. He has a 4 gig master hdd as C: over half full and a 10 gig slave as D: with about 4 used up. I thought I could put it on hdb but the installer says that it can not resize that partition (no other error given). (It says it can resize hda, but there isn't enough room left on it.) I've run windows defrag on it a couple of times to no avail. He's using an asus CUBX mobo with 440bx chipset and a celeron cpu with 256mb ram. His hdds are a samsung (4 gig) and the 10 gig is a maxtor. Both IDE. If it would help, I might be able to get specific model numbers. Any suggestions how I might get Mandrake installed on hdb? TIA, -s The first thing I would like to know is, what version of windows is running on this particular machine? Second, what kinds of partitions are on these drives (FAT, FAT32, NTFS)?
Re: [newbie] Install problem (again)
On Thursday 12 July 2001 08:14 am, you wrote: On July 12, 2001 04:22 am, you wrote: This time I was trying to put Mandrake 8.0 on my son's computer. Hey SusieQ :-) If memory servers me right you have a few systems in your household right? If so here is an option for you ... Remove the 10GB drive, and install it as a slave in one of your other systems. HTH Regards, SpeedMan Hey Speedy, I have been thinking of your suggestion. (It's funny how I can see solutions to others' problems sometimes, but if it's my problem my mind goes blank. 'Can't see the forest for the trees' as an old friend used to say.) If I use ms backup, it will compress it making 4 gig of stuff to about 1.2 gig backup. (I used to backup my 4 - 6 gigs of windows stuff and that's about how big it was after). I'm fairly sure there's enough room on hda for the backup of hdb. So I could probably just do it from it's present location, you think? Thanks for the help, -s
[newbie] Install Problem - No Mouse and Frozed Desktop
Hi!! Epox 8KTA3 motherboard, 128 megs RAM, ATI Xpert 2000 Pro video card with AGP (2x selected), Microsoft Optical Wheel PS/2 mouse (in a previous install of MD 8.0 the mouse worked like a charm) I reinstalled MD 8.0 into newly formatted partitions. When I boot into KDE or Gnome I have no mouse. In Gnome, the Tip screen comes up and I can not close it even with the keyboard. Focus is on the file manager and I can not change focus from it to the Tip screen or any other part of the desktop. In fact the mouse cursor (arrow shaped) is stationary in the middle of the screen. I have invoked mouseconf and selected the Generic PS/2 wheel mouse with no success. Could this be a video problem rather than a mouse problem? Any ideas? Thnaks Preston (a total Linux neophyte) --- Betti Ann Preston Smith Head of St Margaret's Bay, NS [EMAIL PROTECTED] MGB RV Owners
[newbie] install problem again
On Mon, 28 May 2001, you wrote: I know this might sound like a winders type of solutition,,, first step is to go into Bios, and turn off (set to NO) Plug and pray aware OS, Did that... tried it both ways. and turn off any bios level virus protection, don't see any if that was allready done and/or made no difference, I would remove all the cards from my computer execpt the video card and retry. The only other card I have is the nic card Other things I've tried: - Used more than one CD drive to boot from - same results - Booted from a floppy made with the CD.img as per manual - same results - Tried installing RedHat7 - that started working, now running it on machine in question - tried the mandrake install disks on another computer - they work - tried the install CDs made from a download - same results Anyway you cut it this is a problem unique to mandrake8 - RedHat is installed ok, but I didn't pay $80 for redhat, and I don't want it. it's also unique to this machine because the purchased disks work on my other computer - a laptop which I don't want Linux on. I would also like to say that more information about your computer would be helpfull here.. what MB, 192 MG what brand and model HD, Maxtor 88455d8, 8 gig network card, modem no modem sound card, yamaha opl what irq and DMA channels BIOS says they are all available if memory serves - I don't have any reserved. memory sticks, two 32MG and a 128 to make 192MG Ram speed etc CPU, P 2, 266 Bus data bus width = 64 bits address bus width = 32 bits the computer is a Dell Demension On Sunday 27 May 2001 00:51, you wrote: I am now attempting to install from purchased mandrake 8.0 CDs from the powerpack. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda5 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing snip Any ideas what else I could try?
Re: [newbie] install problem again
Thanks for replying - I do appreciate it a bunch... does your computer have sound and USB and video on board? All the sound stuff plugs into the motherboard. the USB support may have something to do with it, do you use usb? I do have USB jacks, but I don't remember seeing anything about shutting it off in BIOS, and I've spent more time in BIOS this weekend than talking to my kids. :-) Maybe there are jumpers that will disable all this and take it out of the loop? But if that did make install possible would I be able to use it in the future? Thanks, Eric - Original Message - From: Eric Lauritzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 7:04 PM Subject: [newbie] install problem again On Mon, 28 May 2001, you wrote: I know this might sound like a winders type of solutition,,, first step is to go into Bios, and turn off (set to NO) Plug and pray aware OS, Did that... tried it both ways. and turn off any bios level virus protection, don't see any if that was allready done and/or made no difference, I would remove all the cards from my computer execpt the video card and retry. The only other card I have is the nic card Other things I've tried: - Used more than one CD drive to boot from - same results - Booted from a floppy made with the CD.img as per manual - same results - Tried installing RedHat7 - that started working, now running it on machine in question - tried the mandrake install disks on another computer - they work - tried the install CDs made from a download - same results Anyway you cut it this is a problem unique to mandrake8 - RedHat is installed ok, but I didn't pay $80 for redhat, and I don't want it. it's also unique to this machine because the purchased disks work on my other computer - a laptop which I don't want Linux on. I would also like to say that more information about your computer would be helpfull here.. what MB, 192 MG what brand and model HD, Maxtor 88455d8, 8 gig network card, modem no modem sound card, yamaha opl what irq and DMA channels BIOS says they are all available if memory serves - I don't have any reserved. memory sticks, two 32MG and a 128 to make 192MG Ram speed etc CPU, P 2, 266 Bus data bus width = 64 bits address bus width = 32 bits the computer is a Dell Demension On Sunday 27 May 2001 00:51, you wrote: I am now attempting to install from purchased mandrake 8.0 CDs from the powerpack. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda5 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing snip Any ideas what else I could try?
Re: [newbie] install problem?
I finally had the time to play with this - it seems that lilo does not automatically get configured for the correct root partition. Using the Promise Ultra 100 controller, I checked what the install had automatically set the / partition to be for lilo. It was set to hde1 even though I partitioned hdf during install to / which should have made it hdf1. Once I made the change during the boot manager configuration stage, everything worked. If I had let it go again, it'd still be looking for / on hde I didn't need the rescue diskette that you referred me to but I will save it for emergencies... Ed At 12:00 PM Wednesday, 5/9/2001, Alan Carpenter wrote -= During the mandrake 8 install, I create my partitions on a second HD a maxtor. It creates the partitions as hdf5 through hdf8. When linux boots it see's the drive as Hdb and I get a kernel panic error and linux fails to load. So there's a confliction between the label of the HD. Could this be a problem with my promise controller? Could this be a bug in the install? Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you. - T.S. Eliot
[newbie] install problem?
During the mandrake 8 install, I create my partitions on a second HD a maxtor. It creates the partitions as hdf5 through hdf8. When linux boots it see's the drive as Hdb and I get a kernel panic error and linux fails to load. So there's a confliction between the label of the HD. Could this be a problem with my promise controller? Could this be a bug in the install? __ Alan Carpenter PC Specialist Department of Computer Services Virginia Wesleyan College Office 757.455.3267 Cell 757.449.0381
Re: [newbie] install problem?
Well i think that you have a problem with the install the second HD is called hdb in Linux. If you know which of the hdf5 through hdf8 is the root file then you can edit /etc/lilo.conf to indicate that. Once you edit the lilo.conf file REMEMBER to type lilo so that it will update. Your lilo.conf is currently pointing to hdb. Hope this helps. --- Alan Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During the mandrake 8 install, I create my partitions on a second HD a maxtor. It creates the partitions as hdf5 through hdf8. When linux boots it see's the drive as Hdb and I get a kernel panic error and linux fails to load. So there's a confliction between the label of the HD. Could this be a problem with my promise controller? Could this be a bug in the install? __ Alan Carpenter PC Specialist Department of Computer Services Virginia Wesleyan College Office 757.455.3267 Cell 757.449.0381 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] install problem - second stage ramdisk parsing hdlist
I'm having serious problems installing Mandrake 8.0. The computer is a basic pentium III with no strange hardware - all pretty basic, but I continually get the following error. during the install boot - from CD or floppy I get Loading Program into memory [...] Error! Could not uncompress second stage ramdisk. (Press enter to proceed) it continues to load and then after the partitioning (using recommended partitioning or various other partition schemes) I get Looking for available packages An Error Occurred nothing found while parsing /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 1 Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1).cz. Is this a badly burnt CD or a memory problem (I remember using a mem= line for other installs before - this machine has 128MB in one slot)?? Or is this something else I've missed. TIA Richard McElroy
[newbie] install problem: monitor resolution
I have installed linx4win on my windows 98SE partition. Works fine, i can login but I cannot activate startx because of my monitor. It's a laptop with a trident cyberblade monitor. After activating startx my computer tries a lot of trident-resolutions but nothing seems to work. With the installation I selected a custom monitor because Trident was not available in the list. I don't have experience with linux so please help step by step, I'm a new newbie. Thanx! Martin.
[newbie] install problem: username
I'm really new in the big world of Linux. I've got an installation problem. When installed lnx4win on my windowd 98 SE partition everything go's fine, but after choosing for linux in the dualboot-menu he starts up and asks for login and password. I can login, also as a root-user of course, but than what? How can I start the program Linux? I have tried everything but nothing seems to work, please help! Thankz, Martin.
Re: [newbie] install problem: username
type startx
RE: [newbie] install problem: username
if you are logged in, then you are "in" the wonderful world of linux,, but typing startx will start the gui of the wonderful world of linux... Frank Hauptle/ / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __--/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /-//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\Gshop Network Payment Solutions.
Re: [newbie] install problem: username
martijn wrote: I'm really new in the big world of Linux. I've got an installation problem. When installed lnx4win on my windowd 98 SE partition everything go's fine, but after choosing for linux in the dualboot-menu he starts up and asks for login and password. I can login, also as a root-user of course, but than what? How can I start the program Linux? I have tried everything but nothing seems to work, please help! Thankz, Martin. Martinare you seeing something like the below prompt after you've logged in: [martin@localhost martin]$ _ If so, that is Linux. It is the console prompt for Linux. If what you're asking is how to get into the GUI (graphical user interface - the environment that looks a bit like windows) then enter the command 'startx': [martin@localhost martin]$ startx_ and if you set up your xserver correctly during installation, then when you press the enter key after typing in the 'startx command, you will be transported to the GUI (most likely KDE, which is the default in Linux Mandrake. Good Luck! -- Alan
[newbie] Install problem
I've just managed to download linux-mandrake from the web and install it on a linux partition on my 300 MHz AMD K6-2 machine. The installation appeared to go well but i couldn't make a boot floppy (mkdisk failed) and when I press ENTER at the end of the installation the computer starts to reboot and then hangs with the floppy drive running. On the screen it says "Stage 1". I've tried installing the boot record on the HD and also on the floppy but the result is the smae either way. Any help would be much appreciated. Jim Lyons
Re: [newbie] Install problem
Hi, All! I'm using 7.0 and 7.1, but i can't install 7.2 When I press enter at the first screen, the install process detect my CD-ROM unit and stop the process. My configuration is AMD K6-II 400, 192 MB RAM, mainboard SOYO SY-5EMA+ V1.0, HD 8GB,CD-ROM LG CRD-8400C, ATI Expert@play 98-8MB, SoundBlaster PCI64. Any idea? Thanks
Re: [newbie] Install problem
On Thursday 25 January 2001 23:38, you wrote: Hi, All! I'm using 7.0 and 7.1, but i can't install 7.2 When I press enter at the first screen, the install process detect my CD-ROM unit and stop the process. My configuration is AMD K6-II 400, 192 MB RAM, mainboard SOYO SY-5EMA+ V1.0, HD 8GB,CD-ROM LG CRD-8400C, ATI Expert@play 98-8MB, SoundBlaster PCI64. Any idea? Thanks The ATA/100 kernel drivers have problems with LG CD-Rs and CDRWs. If the LG is on secondary channel, try F1 at splash screen and linux ide1=noautotune To turn off any attempt by the kernel to activate DMA on that drive. Once installed, it would be wise to compile kernel-linus to accommodate that drive, because it will also have streaming errors during burns with the stock kernel (no DMA). I have observed similar behavior of the same brand of drive with early kernel 2.4. Civileme
Re: [newbie] Install problem
What is in install.bat? Perhaps there is an error in it, like a wrong spelled command... Paul -- We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is- Fatal Exception Error in MSBORG32.DLL http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30 On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Geffen wrote: Hi, I am trying to install Linux for Windows from a CD and get the following error message when I try to run install.bat: Bad command or file name Please insert the right CD-Rom! Any suggestions? Thanks, -Lisi
Re: [newbie] install problem: recognizing partitions
I am a first time LINUX installer and I also have a similar problem. I have a 3G and a 10G Maxtor and Phoenix BIOS EPP rev 3.00 dated 10/05/95. I'm using a 7G ext2 partition on the 10G drive to load Mandrake 7.1. When I tried the complete install (Automatic), I could not even complete the install. I moved to custom and was able to complete the install, but on reboot I had a kernel panic, and an error stating that /root could not be mounted. In addition, when it was time to change CDs, I could not get the CD to open. It is a Mitsumi CD ROM. I had video problems too, but worked that out. Mike
[newbie] install problem: recognizing partitions
Hello, I have a 20 gig Maxtor hard drive installed in my pc. The BIOS does not recognize the full capacity of the drive so I am using their release of EZ-Drive called MaxBlast. Naturally, Windows works fine. I have Partition Magic 5.0 Pro and have partitioned the drive for FAT32 and also Ext2 file systems. When trying to install Mandrake 7.1, the partition program only shows one large FAT32 partition and a tiny 7 MB partition at the end of the drive. I'm assuming this is due to MaxBlast being installed on the drive. If I press the "restore partition table" button (in Expert Install Mode) the Ext2 partitions are shown, but the remaining FAT32 partition is shown as a blank or empty partition. I am not brave enough to continue the installation because I am afraid that my Windows partition will be destroyed. I have checked for a BIOS upgrade, but the most recent one available is from 1997 and does not mention anything about large hard drive detection. I have previously installed RedHat 6.1 with the exact same partitioning scheme and it detected everything properly. I am wondering if there is any command that can be passed to the installation routine that can help this. Is there an updated boot disk that may help the partition detection? Many thanks, Jon
[newbie] Install problem with Mandrake 7.1
Hello, Just installed 7.1 on dual boot 2 hard drive system. I am getting the following message after the reboot: Stage 1 Hard Disk Error. Any suggestions? Tim
Re: [newbie] install problem
copland_99 wrote: Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, since I'm clueless at this point... copland_99I saw several replies including mine which you told me didn't apply to you. Here's Denis Havlik's reply, which I haven't seen you reject yet. look here: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airlast.php3 Alan
Re: [newbie] install problem
:~Hello; :~ :~I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( :~ :~I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when :it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, :since I'm clueless at this point... look here: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airlast.php3 cu Denis - Mag^H^H^HDr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austria(@ @) tel: (++431) 4277/51179 ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
Re: [newbie] install problem
Thanks, but I'm not installing from a CD... I downloaded the /mandrake and /images trees from an ftp mirror and put them on my HD as C:\Mandrake. I have tried installing from another drive but that didn't help either... :( From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] copland_99when that very same thing happened to me I swapped out the cdrom drive for another one and after that Mandrake 7.0 installed with no more problems. Alan
[newbie] install problem
Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, since I'm clueless at this point...
Re: [newbie] install problem
Hi Use the Mandrake 7.0-2 version. Madrake Software has info on the fixed bugs on their website http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3 Ron Quoting copland_99 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, since I'm clueless at this point... -n-i-c-.-f-i Internet -ilman kuluja! Liity heti (http://www.nic.fi/)
Re: [newbie] install problem
copland_99when that very same thing happened to me I swapped out the cdrom drive for another one and after that Mandrake 7.0 installed with no more problems. Alan copland_99 wrote: Hello; I asked this quiestion before but nobody helped ... :( I seem to be having trouble installing Mandrake 7.0, because it always crashes when it's loading the second stage ramdisk. Any ideas, tips? Help is greatly appreciated, since I'm clueless at this point...
[newbie] Install Problem
My goal: I want to do a dual boot: Windows 98 and Mandrake 7.0. What Happened: I'm using a CD a friend copied for me of Mandrake 7.0. I booted to the CD and Mandrake is recognized without a problem. I proceed to installation, select a language - english, partition my WD 13.1Gb drive: C:, D:, E:, ( 2Gb each), /boot (20Mg), / (3Gb), /Home (3Gb), Swap (128Mg). I select my installation type (have tried all three). The installation frame comes up, then a delay of about 10 seconds and it croaks. I drop out of the GUI getting a long error message that begins "Error opening security policy file..." and ends with "Install exited abnormally - received signal 11" My System: AMD K6-2 450, 128Mg ram, WD 13.1Gb IDE drive, ATI Rage/Rage II PCI (ati_m64), Metabyte Wicked 3D - Voddoo2 (Ver 2.81), Media Vision Pro Audio Deluxe/ProSonic/Jazz-16, Realtek RTL8029 Ethernet adapter. Plea for help: Has anyone else had this happen? Any suggestions? Thanks. -- ** Mark Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Install problem
S3 here and same problem I used the install.bat file from /dosutils/autoboot it copies files to my C:/ drive and the install went fine after rebooting. - Original Message - From: Family ZOMBIE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 2:04 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Install problem Hi! I had the same problem. It is propably in your display adapter (it is not broken, but old). I have "old" S3 Trio64V+ and it has support for VESA 1.2 (NOT vesa local bus, but more like video standard). I think there were something about requirements: Vesa 2.0 compatible video adapter Solution: make a boot image: (instruction in images/readme) txt_boot.img or txt_bootnet.img (this looks txt_boot.000 in ms-dos) first shoud be image for text install from local HD or CD-ROM, second from net. They might be mixed (txt_boot.img for net and txt_bootnet.img for HD or CD) Then you can install (Man)Drake from floppy and it is text based install (as it was before) -Kapi- -Original Message- From: Anders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20. tammikuuta 2000 10:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Install problem I´m trying to install Mandrake 7 from a cdrom ( burned from an ISO image). When the installation reaches the second stage I get an error. The error reads "_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can´t connnect: errno = 111" What is errno 111 and what should I do? I´ve tried to install from CD-Rom using the text install and the installation whent fine but booting the newly installed Mandrake hangs at the line reading something like "starting system logger" or something. I´ve have used RedHat 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1 on the same machine earlier with no problem but I´m new to Mandrake. Help needed anders
[newbie] Install problem
I´m trying to install Mandrake 7 from a cdrom ( burned from an ISO image). When the installation reaches the second stage I get an error. The error reads "_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can´t connnect: errno = 111" What is errno 111 and what should I do? I´ve tried to install from CD-Rom using the text install and the installation whent fine but booting the newly installed Mandrake hangs at the line reading something like "starting system logger" or something. I´ve have used RedHat 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1 on the same machine earlier with no problem but I´m new to Mandrake. Help needed anders
RE: [newbie] Install problem
Hi! I had the same problem. It is propably in your display adapter (it is not broken, but old). I have "old" S3 Trio64V+ and it has support for VESA 1.2 (NOT vesa local bus, but more like video standard). I think there were something about requirements: Vesa 2.0 compatible video adapter Solution: make a boot image: (instruction in images/readme) txt_boot.img or txt_bootnet.img (this looks txt_boot.000 in ms-dos) first shoud be image for text install from local HD or CD-ROM, second from net. They might be mixed (txt_boot.img for net and txt_bootnet.img for HD or CD) Then you can install (Man)Drake from floppy and it is text based install (as it was before) -Kapi- -Original Message- From: Anders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20. tammikuuta 2000 10:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Install problem I´m trying to install Mandrake 7 from a cdrom ( burned from an ISO image). When the installation reaches the second stage I get an error. The error reads "_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can´t connnect: errno = 111" What is errno 111 and what should I do? I´ve tried to install from CD-Rom using the text install and the installation whent fine but booting the newly installed Mandrake hangs at the line reading something like "starting system logger" or something. I´ve have used RedHat 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1 on the same machine earlier with no problem but I´m new to Mandrake. Help needed anders
[newbie] Install Problem
I am trying to install Mandrake 6.5 on a PC with Windows Nt 4.0. Each time I run the setup.exe program to create the Linux Prep Tool to make a bootable floppy a Dr. Watson report is generated with the following. " An application error has occured. _INS0423._MP.EXE Exeption access violation (0xc005). address 0x0042b9be" Any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Install problem :)
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com /pub/linux/redhat/old-releases/redhat-6.0/i386/images/rescue.img For the rescue disk. Did you make a boot disk? If not, check the mandrake ftp site under the /images subdirectory for 6.1 for the boot disk. You need to run mkinitrd to make new scsi support and change the /etc/lilo.conf to point to it. Do you know how to get back into your linux and do your lilo and mkinitrd with chroot? Anders Johansson wrote: What do i do if i made a new kernel but it wont load, i think i forgot to add scsi support :( Where can i find the correct images and such to make resque disks ?
[newbie] Install problem :)
What do i do if i made a new kernel but it wont load, i think i forgot to add scsi support :( Where can i find the correct images and such to make resque disks ?
RE: [newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions
I had a similar problem when I 1st installed Linux on a disk with windoze98 already on it. I used Partition Magic to shrink the Windoze partition, then FDISK to make sure nothing Dos'y was in the free space and then installed Linux with the LILO boot loader. All went well. I didn't build any Linux partitions on the free area with partition magic, I let the Mandrake install look after that by itself. Maybe this would be a solution to your problem. Hope it helps: Mike -Original Message- From: Warren Taylor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: â 16 ðåáîáø 1999 17:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even install it. I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the Mandrake-Linux seems to work fine; it builds a Linux partition and swap partition on the tail end of my hard drive. They are primary partitions and the main Linux partition is 3 GB in size. I intend to keep most of the drive dedicated to the Microsux OS until I get a better idea of whether Linux will meet my needs. When the install program starts up, it gets to the part where it has me choose Disk Drake or fdisk. When I choose either, it comes back with an error saying it can't find any valid partitions on which to install Linux. Someone told me it was because my hard drive was too big and that the Linux partition (or a boot partition for Linux) needs to be below some address. I don't really want to split up my Windows partition into two separate small paritions with a Linux partition in the middle, and in any case, I see no way to make Partition Magic put it somewhere other than the default place it chose (the end of the disk). Any help would be appreciated so that I can join the proud ranks of Linux newbies. Warren __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions
I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even install it. I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the Mandrake-Linux seems to work fine; it builds a Linux partition and swap partition on the tail end of my hard drive. They are primary partitions and the main Linux partition is 3 GB in size. I intend to keep most of the drive dedicated to the Microsux OS until I get a better idea of whether Linux will meet my needs. When the install program starts up, it gets to the part where it has me choose Disk Drake or fdisk. When I choose either, it comes back with an error saying it can't find any valid partitions on which to install Linux. Someone told me it was because my hard drive was too big and that the Linux partition (or a boot partition for Linux) needs to be below some address. I don't really want to split up my Windows partition into two separate small paritions with a Linux partition in the middle, and in any case, I see no way to make Partition Magic put it somewhere other than the default place it chose (the end of the disk). Any help would be appreciated so that I can join the proud ranks of Linux newbies. Warren __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Install Problem
Hi there I have a Serious Problem Before i tell you what it is i'll to you what my system is have a P3-450, 13Gig HD, 64megs of ram, Voodoo 2 12 Meg, Ok my problem i did all the partition and im about to install, just soon its going to install the Pakages It Says "Abnormal Termanation" and it says to reboot my system. Can someone please help me. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Install Problem!
I am new to Linux but I have tried the latest versions of Redhat, Caldera and StormLInux (Beta). It has been the easiest to install. The recognition of the mouse and video have been hangup points, but Mandrake has had the flexibility to allow me to deal with these. Keep trying. I like it enough to abandon Win98 for the time being. Art Ron Smith wrote: and it dies there! What is going on? I'm SO frustrated that I'm about ready to put Windows 98 on the computer and pitch Mandrake out the window. Any help VERY MUCH appreciated. Thanks... Ron Smith Boise, Idaho
[newbie] Install Problem!
Ok, I give up! I've NEVER had this much trouble installing ANY Linux product!! After 1.5 days I finally got a complete minimal install. Rebooted and during the boot process I get this message... [cut] hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, 3067MB w/76kB Cache, CHS=779/128/63 hdc: ATAPI 4X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55 Floppy drive(s) fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is an 8277A md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference and it dies there! What is going on? I'm SO frustrated that I'm about ready to put Windows 98 on the computer and pitch Mandrake out the window. Any help VERY MUCH appreciated. Thanks... Ron Smith Boise, Idaho
Re: [newbie] install problem
"M C Z." wrote: after partitioning my drive (Maxtor 6.4 Gig) to install Mandrake it tells me I have no swap space defined, that's the first partition I added (64MB = RAM) along w/ root '/' (100MB), and /usr (700MB). if I choose to continue anyway it gets all the way to formatting the partitions and says something about 'can't mount drive' and disk druid (also used to create partitions) won't access drive anymore (/dev/hda1), says 'bad or missing file' (or close to that). ALT+F5 says 'can't read superchunk' (and other stuff, that's the only error) I'm not new to Unix type OS's so I have some understanding of what I'm doing. I used Fips from dos to split the partition for Linux, made 900MB for it, am booting from CD-ROM, and used disk druid for partitioning. I haven't ever used Disk Druid (I prefer fdisk, personally) but is it possible that the partition type didn't get changed to "Linux swap" instead of "Linux native"? That would cause the "invalid superblock" message you're seeing. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Install problem: it won't see my partitions
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Warren Taylor wrote: I want to be a Linux newbie, but I don't qualify yet because I can't even install it. I just bought a new computer with a Quantum Fireball 20.4 GB hard drive. The included special version of Partition Magic in the 6.5 version of the Mandrake-Linux seems to work fine; it builds a Linux partition and swap partition on the tail end of my hard drive. They are primary partitions and the main Linux partition is 3 GB in size. I intend to keep most of the drive dedicated to the Microsux OS until I get a better idea of whether Linux will meet my needs. Your going to need a small (10 meg or so) partition at the front of the drive for your /boot partition, just to let you know now When the install program starts up, it gets to the part where it has me choose Disk Drake or fdisk. When I choose either, it comes back with an error saying it can't find any valid partitions on which to install Linux. You mean Disk druid, Diskdrake didn't ship in 6.1 integrated into the installer. Someone told me it was because my hard drive was too big and that the Linux partition (or a boot partition for Linux) needs to be below some address. I don't really want to split up my Windows partition into two separate small paritions with a Linux partition in the middle, and in any case, I see no way to make Partition Magic put it somewhere other than the default place it chose (the end of the disk). Use the move function to nudge the windows partition backwards on the drive (as i said 10megs is enough) it's just going to store the kernel, a backup of the boot sector and a couple other tiny files. Now, the reason it says there are no drives available is because your useing an ata66 drive on an ata66 controller which isn't going to work as we didn't ship the kernel with the IDE patchs as they were buggy. You can try specifying its address at the boot prompt (hdX=0x, if its a proper ata66 implementation) this should get it working in standard IDE mode. The address above isnot useable you'll have to do a little research as to where it is located (hint: device manager) Any help would be appreciated so that I can join the proud ranks of Linux newbies. Warren __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
