Help! I need to get Mandrake 7.2 Complete installed!
I would like to obtain detailed error message
information but cannot read messages briefly displaied
during stage 1 of install. (they scroll by too quickly
to read)
After about 30 reboots I did piece together a stage 1
message:
Unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00, device 79,
VID=1166, DID=0211
But I do not know if it is relevant. Next message
suggested try "text expert idebus=33" but made no
difference.
Is there a command I can enter at prompt boot: that
would allow me to step through install processes and
read each message? Or view all stage 1 messages before
stage 2 of install is started?
I have no idea how to procede. Help!
Problem seems to be related to IDE or SCSI controllers.
Or maybe that data cannot be written to harddisk.
I have tried both IDE and SCSI CDROMs and both embedded
Symbios SCSI and Adaptec 29160 SCSI card for harddisk.
I have tried disabling (via Phoenix BIOS) of various
combinations of embedded chips on motherboard (see
below): sound, network, SCSI, IDE, floppy, PCI slots
but install always freezes as follows:
Install Behavior
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In general, the install of 7.2 Complete is freezing
(mouse, keyboard do not respond for 30 minutes and
reboot necessary). Freeze occurs when installing
first or second driver during stage 2 of install.
I have tried modes expert, text expert, custom and
recommended. The freeze always occurs just after clicking
on either workstation, server or developer and showing
one of dialogs below (depending on hardware attempt):
Please wait
Installing driver for scsi|disk card
Symbios|53c1010-33 Ultra3 SCSI Adapter
(module sym53c8xx)
Please wait
Installing driver for scsi|disk card imm
(module imm)
FYI: I want to kill module imm ;-) What is this beast?
When an Adaptec 29160 card is used to replace disabled,
embedded Symbios SCSI chip the Adaptec driver seems to
install ok but freeze then occurs on the imm driver
install.
Motherboard Info
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More info on my super fast hardware (that don't work)
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunder2500_p.html
Tyan Thunder 2500 (S1867DLU3AN) with:
Note: this motherboard has all 64bit PCI slots of
which 2 run at 66MHz and 4 at 33MHz (more complications!)
Server Works (RCC) Sever Set III HE with:
Two 40-pin IDE connectors (primary / secondary)
Up to 4 drives
Integrated dual channel SCSI via:
Symbios 896 on chip LSI SYM1010
SMC 37B787 Super I/O chip with:
Two 9-pin 16550 UART Serial ports
One 25-pin ECP / Epp Parallel port
Floppy Controller
PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard ports
Phoenix BIOS on 2 Mb flash RAM with:
Auto detection of memory size
Auto configuration of IDE hard disk types
Multiple boot options
DMI 2.0 / PC 99 compliant
No ACPI support
Ensoniq 1373 PCI Sound
Ensoniq AC'97 Codec
Sound Blaster™ Compatible 16-bit Stereo
Line-in, Line-out, MIC and Game /
MIDI ports
Disk Drives Info
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Seagate Cheetah X15 (ST318451LW)
AND
Plextor CDROM (UltraPlex Wide (PX-40TSUWi))
OR
Generic IDE CDROM
Thanks for your time, Any suggestions appreciated,
Bradford Sturtevant
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