On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am attempting to install Mandrake Linux on my beige G3 desktop box.
> The installation from the CD starts off well, but when it gets to the
> point that DrakX looks for scsi adapters, my computer freezes. I don't
> know if this is relevant, but when I look at the kernel message for the
> stage 1 install, a portion of it says:
>
> <4> scsi : 0 hosts
> <4> scsi : detected total
>
> I have tried the installation using both kernel/stage 1 install pairs:
>
> all-2.2.gz (2.2.19 kernel stage1) + vmlinux-2.2 (2.2.19 kernel)
> all.gz (2.4.4 kernel stage1) + vmlinux (2.4.4 kernel)
>
>
> Other potentially relevant information, my machine has both the original
> ATA hard drive as well as a new scsi drive. I want to put Linux on the
> scsi drive.
>
Question - completely frozen? How are you able to get to the kernel
message screen?
Can you manually try installing mesh from VT2?
modprobe mesh (a guess)
and see if that locks it up, before the Drakx step that triggers the
lockup.
Do you know what SCSI controller the machine has?
Stew Benedict
