On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Sharon wrote:
> Let me start off by saying that I think I may have a bad cd. The iso check sums >matched but my > problems seem symtematic of a bad iso, so maybe the burn went bad. > > System: > G4/DP450 > Standard crappy ATI 128 rage pro > Adaptec 2906 SCSI (no devices attached) > 384 Ram > IDE D0=20gig OS/9 and OSX > IDE D1=10gig free > > Booted off the CD just fine. Could not get a graphical install using any of the >options. Depending > on the option, it would just load the kernel and die at a black screen (the ati) or, >with novideo, > would go to a nice blue screen witn an X in the middle and hang there. > > When I could get into the logs, the last entry would be something complaining about >not having a > driver for ide-cd.o, rather odd. > r128 issue is known - I'm working through it now with vdanen. ide-cd message is not good. > Text install worked. It found the SCSI card and loaded the 78xx drivers, found all >the usb stuff and > correctly identified my Logitech mouse. The installer found the second hard drive >(free space) and > auto-partitianed it into root, swap and home. Got all the way through package >selection and into the > bootloader setup before things got ugly. > > The bootloader dialog came up with linux, failsafe and macos. When I hit the >'Modify' button, all > hell broke loose. Some error about 'not being in the HASH table' flashed then the >monitor filled, > top to bottom and left to right, with scrolling error messages. Interesting but >fatal. > > Started the install again but this time did an 'update'. When through fine but when >it got to the > bootloader dialog, I got an error that "the bootloader could not be created" (or >something along > those lines). OKed it, but it just kept repeating the message until it seg faulted. > > Booted into rescue and it appears that I have a good installation, just no way to >boot into it > (grin). I really don't know how to troubleshoot/repair the bootloader setup. > I can probably walk you through setting up your bootloader, from the rescue, if you want. X is not setup yet, but than can be done afterward too. Not sure why things went so awry at that point. > But I think I will re-burn the cd and try again unless these problems look familiar >to anyone. > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
