Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-17 Thread Richard Schiffelers
At 16:40 16-6-00 -0700, you wrote: Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Never treid it but hold on, i'll just download a srm from ftp.digital.com and flash it in. Flashed it. Tryed it and now it works using the srm procedure. Still using the cdrom floppy as the scsi cd-rom

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-17 Thread Pixel
Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i now trying to get it to install but am getting stuck at the end where it comes to getting the aboot part installed. When it tryes to install aboot it gives a error message and then ask whether it should nevertheless force the install of

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-17 Thread Richard Schiffelers
At 12:57 17-6-00 +0200, you wrote: Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i now trying to get it to install but am getting stuck at the end where it comes to getting the aboot part installed. When it tryes to install aboot it gives a error message and then ask whether it should

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-17 Thread Pixel
Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Problem is solved. In the past i only worked with AlphaBIOS and then you don't need to do anything special with the diskconfiguration. However when using the srm console you have to use BSD-style disk labels which i didn't and therefore aboot

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-17 Thread Richard Schiffelers
At 18:22 17-6-00 +0200, you wrote: Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Problem is solved. In the past i only worked with AlphaBIOS and then you don't need to do anything special with the diskconfiguration. However when using the srm console you have to use BSD-style disk labels

[Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-16 Thread Richard Schiffelers
Hi All, I thought i would give Mandrake a try on my Alpha. No success so far. My configuration is: AlphaPC 164SX (533) [AlphaBIOS] 128 Mb memory 4 x IDE HD Adaptec AHA-2940 1 x SCSI CD-ROM 1 x SCSI Tapestreamer Matrox Millenium video card The story so far: I created the first cd from the iso

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-16 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AlphaPC 164SX (533) [AlphaBIOS] do you have acess to a SRM console ? -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San Diego, CA USA --Chmouel

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-16 Thread Richard Schiffelers
At 14:05 16-6-00 -0700, you wrote: Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AlphaPC 164SX (533) [AlphaBIOS] do you have acess to a SRM console ? Never treid it but hold on, i'll just download a srm from ftp.digital.com and flash it in. Flashed it. Tryed it and now it works using the

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 71 Alpha (beta) problem

2000-06-16 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Richard Schiffelers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Never treid it but hold on, i'll just download a srm from ftp.digital.com and flash it in. Flashed it. Tryed it and now it works using the srm procedure. Still using the cdrom floppy as the scsi cd-rom cool, and BTW: according to compaq