[newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 with Window$ 2000
Hello! I recently tried to install Mandrake 7.2 on my computer that has windows 2000 on it also. Before anything, I want to describe the setup I have. I have 2 hardrives. The primary drive has windows 2000 on it and the second drive is for Mandrake. Anyway, I installed Mandrake on the second drive and everything seems fine UNTIL I was done with the mandrake install and I had to reboot. When the computer rebooted, I was hoping to see LILO or Grub but instead I saw a "NTLDR Not found" error. I know in the past that I was able to install with no problems. I would usually get LILO and when I chose Windoze I would get the Windoze 2000 boot menu. This time I didnt get anything. What am I doing wrong? Thanks! JohnCatral __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 from ISO image
Sounds like you made a mirror of the image file rather than a CD from image file. What program did you use to burn the CD? Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Iovannisci Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 from ISO image Hello, I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 . I have downloaded the file mandrake72-inst.iso and burned it onto a cd. I have also crated a floppy boot disc to start the installation. When I restart my computer, Linux loads from the floppy, and then I get the following error message: ' cd rom device does not seem to contain a Linux Mandrake cd'. Obviously, I'm not doing something right. Can someone lend me a clue?
[newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
Hi *!*@*, I'm trying to install 7.2 on my machine. I got an 800MHz Thunderbird on an ABit KT7-RAID. I have disaibled all IDE controllers on the board. There is an IBM DDRS 9 GB SCSI drive and a Pioneer DVD-304 drive connected to my Advance Peripherals 2941 U2W SCSI Controller. After a lot of problems I managed to boot from my 7.2 Installtion CD. After I have pressed return to install I only get a black screen mit a blinking cursor in the top left corner. that's all. Is there anybody who has an idea why this happens? Cheers, merry x-mas and a happy new year! Martin -- cYA!
Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
Martin Sprenger wrote: Hi *!*@*, I'm trying to install 7.2 on my machine. I got an 800MHz Thunderbird on an ABit KT7-RAID. I have disaibled all IDE controllers on the board. There is an IBM DDRS 9 GB SCSI drive and a Pioneer DVD-304 drive connected to my Advance Peripherals 2941 U2W SCSI Controller. After a lot of problems I managed to boot from my 7.2 Installtion CD. After I have pressed return to install I only get a black screen mit a blinking cursor in the top left corner. that's all. Is there anybody who has an idea why this happens? Cheers, merry x-mas and a happy new year! Martin -- cYA! What vga card do you have?
Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
Mr. Sprenger That has happened to me but not with the Mandrake install cd but with my bootcd I made (yeah...I wasted one ;-)...literally it didn't work). Hmm...I don't know how to fix it or I probably wouldn't have thrown my cd I made away. Mr. Smith Hi *!*@*, I'm trying to install 7.2 on my machine. I got an 800MHz Thunderbird on an ABit KT7-RAID. I have disaibled all IDE controllers on the board. There is an IBM DDRS 9 GB SCSI drive and a Pioneer DVD-304 drive connected to my Advance Peripherals 2941 U2W SCSI Controller. After a lot of problems I managed to boot from my 7.2 Installtion CD. After I have pressed return to install I only get a black screen mit a blinking cursor in the top left corner. that's all. Is there anybody who has an idea why this happens? Cheers, merry x-mas and a happy new year! Martin -- cYA!
Re[2]: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
SM What vga card do you have? At the moment I have my brothers Geforce 2 GTS installed. I also have a ELSA Erazor II (Riva TNT). I'll try again with the other card in a few days. I don't think it's the VGA card. I think I can install fine when I enable my onboard IDE controller. I don't want to do that coz I don't want to risk that Mandrake is messing around with my IDE drive and I need to find out if I can boot from my SCSI drive. I'll test this again later! -- cYA!
Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
hey, That GeForce2 GTS isn't a 3d prophet2 is it? The kt7 and 3d prophets don't play nice together in any OS. Learned that one the hard way ;-) Abe Martin Sprenger wrote: SM What vga card do you have? At the moment I have my brothers Geforce 2 GTS installed. I also have a ELSA Erazor II (Riva TNT). I'll try again with the other card in a few days. I don't think it's the VGA card. I think I can install fine when I enable my onboard IDE controller. I don't want to do that coz I don't want to risk that Mandrake is messing around with my IDE drive and I need to find out if I can boot from my SCSI drive. I'll test this again later! -- cYA!
[newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
Hi there! I have a problem with my new Linux-system. It's an old computer with the following components: AMD K6-2 300MHz, 64MB SDRAM(66), Gigabyte 586s2 (SIS5582 Chipset), ATI@work, and an old SB16! I installed the system (by automatic install) and everything seemed to work. The first thing I noticed was that the Harddisk is running without UDMA33. I know that the chipset supports UDMA because when I ran windows95 on this computer it was possible. I foend out that the Mandrake installed a driver for the SIS5513 chipset. I dont know what to do now. I tried to find out if the SIS5582 chipset is supported, but I failed (maybe because its not supported). The other thing is that Mandrake uses the SIS5582 as a graphic-board. It installed the ATI board correctly but it shows me two grapical devices... The X-Server does start but after a few minutes either an running application is terminated or the whole KDE is shut down. What can I do to correct these mistakes? It's the latest Mandrake Distribution 7.2 (kernel 2.2.17) with XFree 3.3.6 and KDE 2.0.
RE: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
"I don't want to get off on a rant here but ..." I really have an issue with some of the board manufacturers that put on-board video on their MBs. Yes, it keeps the costs down but it's a pain when you come to add another (better) card. Thorsten, I feel your pain. I had a similar issue with an SiS 530 chipset about 18 months ago. Win95 (and to a lesser extent 98) had real issues with it. The problem is that some of these boards don't give you a way to turn off the on-board video, either by use of jumpers or in the BIOS itself. My suggestion would be 1. Check in the motherboard manual to see if there are any jumper settings to disable the onboard video (many manufacturers have the manuals on-line if you can't find it). 2.Make sure you are running the latest version of the BIOS software and check to see if it gives you the option to disable on-board video. 3. If the SiS video is AGP, you could try changing the startup order for video in the BIOS from AGP to PCI. My old 530 board only allowed me to change the startup order (which didn't solve my problem), so I wound up dumping it and buying an Asus. It IS possible for the 2 devices to function together as you have said, but the system will be VERY unstable and resource conflicts will cause lock-ups and crashes. You might also want to see if the manufacturer has an FAQ site to post your question. I can't believe it's the first time it's been asked and you may find the answer you need right away. Regards, Mark Lee -Original Message- From: Thorsten Schramm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:21 AM To: Mandrake-Linux Newsgroup Subject: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2 Hi there! I have a problem with my new Linux-system. It's an old computer with the following components: AMD K6-2 300MHz, 64MB SDRAM(66), Gigabyte 586s2 (SIS5582 Chipset), ATI@work, and an old SB16! I installed the system (by automatic install) and everything seemed to work. The first thing I noticed was that the Harddisk is running without UDMA33. I know that the chipset supports UDMA because when I ran windows95 on this computer it was possible. I foend out that the Mandrake installed a driver for the SIS5513 chipset. I dont know what to do now. I tried to find out if the SIS5582 chipset is supported, but I failed (maybe because its not supported). The other thing is that Mandrake uses the SIS5582 as a graphic-board. It installed the ATI board correctly but it shows me two grapical devices... The X-Server does start but after a few minutes either an running application is terminated or the whole KDE is shut down. What can I do to correct these mistakes? It's the latest Mandrake Distribution 7.2 (kernel 2.2.17) with XFree 3.3.6 and KDE 2.0.
