Re: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
That's odd... I had that problem with the 7.2 CDs I bought from CheapBytes but not with the copy I burnned from the .ISO files. Note that I did buy 7.2 from CB right after it was released, so it was on a CD-R disk rather than a pressed CD as CB normally sells. This is also the only CD I've ever had a problem with from CB. Has anyone bought a 7.2 CD from CheapBytes lately? If so are they pressing the CDs yet or are they still using CD-R disks? At this point guys I would strongly suggest getting the 7.2 CD's from cheapbytes. I too had the same problems and as soon as I got the disks from Cheapbytes and tried them out everything went flawlessly. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ##!-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 Michael Johnston spake passionately saying: I have the exact same problem...using the pocketbooks CD... My CDRom is a pioneer drive which works perfectly in win2000. This is not very reassuring. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
Re: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
On Tuesday 26 December 2000 08:59 am, Jim Dawson wrote: Has anyone bought a 7.2 CD from CheapBytes lately? If so are they pressing the CDs yet or are they still using CD-R disks? I quit using Cheapbytes and started using lsl.com. They're a little cheaper, usually have new upgrades available sooner and ship quicker, and most of all, better quality CD's. FWIW, I've always found CDr's to be better than mass produced production CD's. lsl.com has always sent me high quality CDr's. 'Course my CDrom (BCD) and CD-RW (Plextor) are high quality and known to work very well with most all media. YMMV Ram disk errors on boot from CD are, IMO, most often caused by marginal CD drives, marginal CD media, and/or marginal ram, in that order. There's many other possible reasons, but most involve marginal and/or misconfigured (bios) hardware. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: Re: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
On Tuesday 26 December 2000 08:59 am, Jim Dawson wrote:
Has anyone bought a 7.2 CD from CheapBytes lately? If so
are
they pressing the CDs yet or are they still using CD-R
disks?
I quit using Cheapbytes and started using lsl.com.
They're a
little cheaper, usually have new upgrades available sooner
and ship
quicker, and most of all, better quality CD's. FWIW, I've
always found
CDr's to be better than mass produced production CD's.
lsl.com has
always sent me high quality CDr's. 'Course my CDrom (BCD)
and CD-RW
(Plextor) are high quality and known to work very well
with most all
media. YMMV
Thanks, I'll check out LSL when 7.3 is released.
Ram disk errors on boot from CD are, IMO, most often
caused by
marginal CD drives, marginal CD media, and/or marginal
ram, in that
order. There's many other possible reasons, but most
involve marginal
and/or misconfigured (bios) hardware.
Although the RAMDISK errors can be caused by hardware
problems, One of the UNIX guys where I work and I tried the
CD I got from CheapBytes on several systems ranging from my
three home systems ('Franenstein' boxes made mostly from the
parts of other computers) and several systems at work
ranging from (2 year) old Dell Optiplex desktops to new
Compaq servers. All of the computers exhibited the same
ramdisk error.
Re: Re: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
On Tuesday 26 December 2000 12:43 pm, Jim Dawson wrote:
Although the RAMDISK errors can be caused by hardware
problems, One of the UNIX guys where I work and I tried the
CD I got from CheapBytes on several systems ranging from my
three home systems ('Franenstein' boxes made mostly from the
parts of other computers) and several systems at work
ranging from (2 year) old Dell Optiplex desktops to new
Compaq servers. All of the computers exhibited the same
ramdisk error.
Well, in that case the marginal hardware is prob'ly the CD ;
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
On Sunday 24 December 2000 10:23, you wrote: O but whats the actual problem THE CD I HAVE WORKS ON SOME SYSTEMS! Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL At this point guys I would strongly suggest getting the 7.2 CD's from cheapbytes. I too had the same problems and as soon as I got the disks from Cheapbytes and tried them out everything went flawlessly. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 Michael Johnston spake passionately saying: I have the exact same problem...using the pocketbooks CD... My CDRom is a pioneer drive which works perfectly in win2000. This is not very reassuring. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ Yes the CD works on some systems. Your CD drive on this particular system could be just enough eccentric to cause a bad load though there are many other CDs it could use flawlessly. Remember the laser is used to read the tracks, not to position the head, so it is quite possible this particular combo will not work. Try using a different CDROM drive or different media if you can. If that does not help, it is time to suspect a memory problem on your machine. Civileme If you have a problem with loading second stage, autoboot will not help.
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
O but whats the actual problem THE CD I HAVE WORKS ON SOME SYSTEMS! Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL At this point guys I would strongly suggest getting the 7.2 CD's from cheapbytes. I too had the same problems and as soon as I got the disks from Cheapbytes and tried them out everything went flawlessly. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 Michael Johnston spake passionately saying: I have the exact same problem...using the pocketbooks CD... My CDRom is a pioneer drive which works perfectly in win2000. This is not very reassuring. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Paul Williamson wrote: O but whats the actual problem THE CD I HAVE WORKS ON SOME SYSTEMS! At this point guys I would strongly suggest getting the 7.2 CD's from cheapbytes. I too had the same problems and as soon as I got the disks from Cheapbytes and tried them out everything went flawlessly. Perhaps the memory in the other systems is not as sensitive (as in slower, less optimized) as the one you are trying to set up. I have heard of a CDplayer too fast for a certain program, the spin-up time was longer than the program would allow it to, hence the program would crash on a time-out. Paul -- This Signature Examined By INSPECTOR NO. 2-14 http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
At this point guys I would strongly suggest getting the 7.2 CD's from cheapbytes. I too had the same problems and as soon as I got the disks from Cheapbytes and tried them out everything went flawlessly. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 Michael Johnston spake passionately saying: I have the exact same problem...using the pocketbooks CD... My CDRom is a pioneer drive which works perfectly in win2000. This is not very reassuring. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:35, Paul Williamson wrote: Thanks for replying!, I am booting from the CD on a DVD-Drive (very new!) I got it on The Linux Pocketbook (www.pocketbooks.net.au) thanx! Paul, Try washing the CD with a detergent and VERY soft cloth or tissue. Make sure COMPLETELY dry and retry it. The CD's are pretty roughly bashed out and very fast and have glue, scratches and all sorts of things on them.. Been there done that! Cheers, John
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
Sounds like your drive may be faulty. Any recent drive should be able to read this CD with no trouble. Some DVD drives have problems when accessing CD-ROMs, this is another possibility for your drive. You could try using some sort of bootdisc (I believe the Mandrake site has instructions to do this), and then try to install Linux. Is it possible to get your hands on another Mandrake CD to test on your system? There could be some slight imperfections on the disc that your DVD drive may not like but CD readers can cope with. If you have a CD burner, you can download Mandrake ISOs from sites like ftp://ftp.aarnet.edu.au and then burn them to CD, although this may take a while, particularly if you don't have something like cable or DSL Internet (by your e-mail address, I assume you have ordinary Optus dial-up access). On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:35, Paul Williamson wrote: Thanks for replying!, I am booting from the CD on a DVD-Drive (very new!) I got it on The Linux Pocketbook (www.pocketbooks.net.au) thanx! Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ - Original Message - From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL If the same CD works on other PCs, the problem may lie with your CD-ROM drive. How old is your PC, and in particular your CD-ROM drive? Out of curiousity, what magazine did you get it from? On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:17, Paul Williamson wrote: nah i didnt, but it was one of those releases on a magazine cover. it works on some pcs, but not the one i want it ti\o.. any other ideas ? Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ - Original Message - From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL Did you burn your own Mandrake CD? I had the same problem, and I later realised that I had a buffer underrun while burning. If that is the case, you will have to burn it again. On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:34, Paul Williamson wrote: When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
I have the exact same problem...using the pocketbooks CD... My CDRom is a pioneer drive which works perfectly in win2000. This is not very reassuring. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
Mandrake doesn't like some particular combinations of motherboard and other components. There's a hardware compatibility list at www.linux-mandrake.com, try looking your hardware up there. On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:35, Paul Williamson wrote: Thanks for replying!, I am booting from the CD on a DVD-Drive (very new!) I got it on The Linux Pocketbook (www.pocketbooks.net.au) thanx! Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ - Original Message - From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL If the same CD works on other PCs, the problem may lie with your CD-ROM drive. How old is your PC, and in particular your CD-ROM drive? Out of curiousity, what magazine did you get it from? On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:17, Paul Williamson wrote: nah i didnt, but it was one of those releases on a magazine cover. it works on some pcs, but not the one i want it ti\o.. any other ideas ? Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ - Original Message - From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL Did you burn your own Mandrake CD? I had the same problem, and I later realised that I had a buffer underrun while burning. If that is the case, you will have to burn it again. On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:34, Paul Williamson wrote: When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
Hmmm.. And I've always held the pocketbooks in high regard. I started using Linux after getting one last year when they had Red Hat 6.0 and Caldera 2.2. The CD could be faulty, your CD reader could be faulty (or just "difficult " :-) , particularly if it's a DVD drive), or you could have some hardware combination that Mandrake doesn't like for some unknown reason. On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 14:26, Michael Johnston wrote: I have the exact same problem...using the pocketbooks CD... My CDRom is a pioneer drive which works perfectly in win2000. This is not very reassuring. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
Did you burn your own Mandrake CD? I had the same problem, and I later realised that I had a buffer underrun while burning. If that is the case, you will have to burn it again. On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:34, Paul Williamson wrote: When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
