Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote: Thanks for the feeaback. Does this mean that the HP CD-R/RW 8200i drive I have is incompatible with the Mandrake 6.0 kernel I am using to boot up? No problem. :-) That's what we're here for. :-) "Cooker" is the pre-release version of Mandrake. Think of it as the "Beta" version of the next release of Mandrake. Where do I get this version? Also, where can I get alternate custom boot kernels? www.linux-mandrake.com? Other than that, I wouldn't know where... John
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Hi there: Thanks for the suggestions. I tried to get the cooker mirror as suggested by Axalon. However, I am unable to do so because I do not have a working version of Linux-Mandrake installed. I cannot boot my machine with the provided boot kernel because I get access errors to both the secondary harddrive and the CD-R/RW drive. Is there anything else I can try? Or, should I just give up Linux-Mandrake altogether and go back to Slackware? Thanks, Gabriel ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote: There's some bad logic in the code that desides which drives to enable DMA cdroms are less tolerant than hardrives when you try and activate it and they do not support it. I am confused by this statement. I think I understand the kernel does not support the particular CD-ROM that I have and that's the reason for the errors. However, below is the output from the kernel indicating that the CD-ROM drive was recognized. It does not say the brand, but the description is right on the money (HP CD-Writer Plus 8200i, 4X/4X/24X). What he's saying is CD drives are more particular about the system trying to access them using DMA/UDMA (another way to access an "IDE" device) than hard drives when they don't support that method of accessing the drive. C: Try it with a recent mirror of Cooker I have no idea what this means. Could you please elaborate? "Cooker" is the pre-release version of Mandrake. Think of it as the "Beta" version of the next release of Mandrake.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Dear John: What he's saying is CD drives are more particular about the system trying to access them using DMA/UDMA (another way to access an "IDE" device) than hard drives when they don't support that method of accessing the drive. Thanks for the feeaback. Does this mean that the HP CD-R/RW 8200i drive I have is incompatible with the Mandrake 6.0 kernel I am using to boot up? C: Try it with a recent mirror of Cooker "Cooker" is the pre-release version of Mandrake. Think of it as the "Beta" version of the next release of Mandrake. Where do I get this version? Also, where can I get alternate custom boot kernels? Thanks, Gabriel ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Gabriel Fernández wrote: Dear John: What he's saying is CD drives are more particular about the system trying to access them using DMA/UDMA (another way to access an "IDE" device) than hard drives when they don't support that method of accessing the drive. Thanks for the feeaback. Does this mean that the HP CD-R/RW 8200i drive I have is incompatible with the Mandrake 6.0 kernel I am using to boot up? C: Try it with a recent mirror of Cooker "Cooker" is the pre-release version of Mandrake. Think of it as the "Beta" version of the next release of Mandrake. Where do I get this version? Also, where can I get alternate custom boot kernels? Thanks, Gabriel ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker and Um dunno
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Who cares what a coward uses. If you believe so strongly in your statements, next time sign your name. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Gee, Chuck thanks for sharing. Next time just wave, it's quieter and more
productive. You didn't say what you didn't like, what equipment you had
trouble w/, why it was so much trouble.
Thanks for your stunning input and insightful commentary, but next time
just wave, my inbox will silently thank you.
Brian
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I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just
too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat
ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems.
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:23:53 Gabriel Fernandez wrote:
Dear all:
I am a Slackware user, but I have heard so many good things about Read
Hat that I decided to give it a try. So far it has not been a positive
experience . . .
My machine is configured as follows:
Pentium 75MHz
64MB RAM
ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
Partition check:
hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
hdb: hdb1, hdb2
I have Windows 95 and Slackware Linux currently installed. The first
hard drive has a partition for Windows 95 and two partitions for Linux
(/swap and /). The second hard drive has one partition for Windows 95
(mounted under Linux) and a partition for Linux (/usr). Everything works
fine so far . . .
When I tried installing Mandrake 6.0, I was under the impression that
the
installation would take care of deleting or repartition the hard drives.
However, this is not the case.
After the installation type is selected and the kernel is loaded. I
see
a message "Running install..." and everything hangs.
When I check with ALT-F4, I can see the following error messages:
VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
hdb: drive not ready for command
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
...
I do not understand why the hard drives are used and mounted correctly
with Windows 95 and Slackware.
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks,
Gabriel
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RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Don't be so offended. I just was stating the fact that from my peronal experience, I had no problems with RedHat as opposed to Mandrake. Given my current time constraints is was simply less time consuming to try a different distribution. Thus far I've no problems the "different" distribution. If you're still fussy and wanting to rant you can mail me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:58:52 Ken Wilson wrote: Who cares what a coward uses. If you believe so strongly in your statements, next time sign your name. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Well, I've had the same problem with BOTH distributions of Linux. :-) My problem is it won't boot from the IDE drivebut if I boot off a floppy, everything is JUST fine! :-) Oh, well... I finally gave up and took my dual-PPro machine to the only computer store in town that I know of that knows anything besides Windows! :-) John - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 5:33 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems Don't be so offended. I just was stating the fact that from my peronal experience, I had no problems with RedHat as opposed to Mandrake. Given my current time constraints is was simply less time consuming to try a different distribution. Thus far I've no problems the "different" distribution. If you're still fussy and wanting to rant you can mail me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:58:52 Ken Wilson wrote: Who cares what a coward uses. If you believe so strongly in your statements, next time sign your name. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had absolutely no problems. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 Install Problems
Hi there:
Sorry, I'm a busy person I'm sure you can understand.
Nothing personal. Just frustrated that my message started a list of
messages not related to my question. ;-)
I appreciate all the help that I can get.
VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
hdb: drive not ready for command
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
hdc: lost interrupt:
hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
...
There's some bad logic in the code that desides which drives to enable DMA
cdroms are less tolerant than hardrives when you try and activate it and
they do not support it.
I am confused by this statement. I think I understand the kernel does
not support the particular CD-ROM that I have and that's the reason for the
errors. However, below is the output from the kernel indicating that the
CD-ROM drive was recognized. It does not say the brand, but the description
is right on the money (HP CD-Writer Plus 8200i, 4X/4X/24X).
Pentium 75MHz
64MB RAM
ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
Partition check:
hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
hdb: hdb1, hdb2
These are your suggestions:
A: Swap the cdrom out for something "with less additude"
I do not have another CD-ROM. I actually want to use my CD-R/RW drive
under Linux. Also, I do not know what you mean by "less additude".
B: Find HD space and install it from there
If I keep the CD-R/RW unit installed, this won't make any difference. I
won't be able to finish the boot up.
C: Try it with a recent mirror of Cooker
I have no idea what this means. Could you please elaborate?
D: Ask me for custom boot disks and i'll see if i can find time
Please consider the request made. Could you be so kind to provide me
with a boot disk/image that I can use to install the software?
BTW, I just learned that there were several Mandrake "releases". I am
using the one provided by MacMillan (The Complete Linux OS 6.0).
Thanks,
Gabriel
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