On Sunday 10 June 2001 00:46, ivan miranda wrote:
> I ordered a LM8.0,however to my dismay,I could not proceed form one step
> of installation.The boot CD will boot ,after loading the Ram disk and it
> gives error and aborts the installation.I confirmed that it was a CD
> problem.However LM support choose to ignore all my e-mails and
> fax asking for a replacement CDnot even a reply in spite of quoting
> my registration ID.Then i spent three full days trying to down load
> cd1...and finally suceeded.
> My next problem is that ,the software cannot mount the SCSI cd
> drive.The SCSI card i have is BUSlogic BT-946C.The CD boots from the
> drive,BUs logic card is detected then it gives me an error saying "no
> Cdrom device found".I tried to boot from a boot
> disk made with windoz and booted from it.Here also the SCSI card was
> detected,then i get an error saying"I could not mount a CD on device
> /dev/scd0".The CDrom i have is plexter PX-8XCS.However LM7.2 loads and
> runs verywell in this same setup.
> I need some help on this.
>
>
OK as soon as you boot, hit ctrl-alt-f2 and "modprobe BusLogic" without the
quotes.
If that doesn't work, you will need to put the BusLogic driver (a kernel
module) on a floppy and hit F1 at the splash screen then type "expert"
(without the quotes) and put the floppy in at the next screen.
Civileme
QA Team
>
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> Ivan Miranda
> General Instrument Engineer/IT support
> Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar
> Ph:974-4402524/4402773
> Fax:974-4323380
