///////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Nick Webb ITS Lab Software (o_ University of Idaho (o_ (o_ //\ http://www.uidaho.edu/~webb3172 (/)_ (\)_ V_/_ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////////////// ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:34:17 +0300 From: Stratos Laspas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Nicholas Webb' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Ultra66 Update: I tried the install again. When it boots up after install, it sees the U66, finds the drive there. The point where all the mess comes up is four or five commands after swap is enabled (the point where the greek Ok's appear on the right. So, maybe, I don't know, it is something else. I tried to install from the main CD and also from the main + ext CD. Maybe I should just download the cooker and wait for ML 7.1.02 Stratos -----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ultra66 I really don't know on this one. You shouldn't have to pass the kernel the ide2=xxx,xxx parm . . . let's see if the guys in cooker can answer this one. ///////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Nick Webb ITS Lab Software (o_ University of Idaho (o_ (o_ //\ http://www.uidaho.edu/~webb3172 (/)_ (\)_ V_/_ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////////////// ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:27:14 +0300 From: Stratos Laspas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: About your Ultra66 page You probably don't want to answer this (not to set a precident), but I'll ask anyway. I downloaded ML 7.1 and tried it out. I had previously installed 7.0, using the ide2=xx,xx trick. I have an ABIT BH6, Creative TNT2U, Adaptec 2940UW and a Promise U66 (of course). /boot = hda1, /home = hda4, / = hde3, /usr = sda3 ML 7.1 seemed to install fine. It recognized hde, allowed me to set a mount point on it, it formated it, but then... The first (and last) time it tries to boot , I get: .... /sbin/mingetty: /sbin/mingetty: cannot execute binary file. .... (more of the same) INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes /sbin/mingetty: /sbin/mingetty: cannot execute binary file. .... (same) INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes /sbin/mingetty: /sbin/mingetty: cannot execute binary file. .... (same) INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes /sbin/mingetty: /sbin/mingetty: cannot execute binary file. .... (same) INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes /sbin/mingetty: /sbin/mingetty: cannot execute binary file. .... (same) INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes /sbin/mingetty: /sbin/mingetty: cannot execute binary file. .... (same) INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: No more processes left in this runlevel Then it stops.... and yes, I alse waited for 5 minutes to see what it'll do. Which was NOTHING. Then I pressed ctrl-alt-del and I got: INIT: switching to runlevel: 6 /etc/rc.d/rc: /etc/rc.d/rc: cannot execute binary file ... and it stuck completely I've tried both upgrade and clean install and I get the same. I don't know, maybe I should try the ide=xxx thing again, but, as I said, it does see the controller and the disk. Sorry to trouble you with this nonsence, but I got no replies from linux.mandrake usenet, nor from my local LUG (someone told me that for install to work ok, I need to have both primary and slave channels used, but it sounded weird and it also meant complete re-fdisk everything for win and linux alike). Stratos