On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 05:16:34PM -0700, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> Can you try to reproduce it with a floppy please?
>
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Pascal Grosse wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I downloaded the entire oxygen archive from ftp, and started the
> > batch file harddisk.bat in oxygen/dosutils/autoboot/mdkinst/
> > It correctly prompted for the location of the Mandrake repository
> > on my harddrive, and started loading the second stage. But then I
> > got this message : "error while loading ramdisk", and then a blank
> > screen. The only remaining solution is then ctrl+alt+supr.
> > I reload several times the archive, without any significant
> > improvement.
> >
> > Does someone know what is the problem ?
> >
> > Thank,
> >
> >
> > Pascal Grosse
> >
>
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> --Axalon
>
In fact I tried the installation procedure with a floppy. It lead to
the same result : after the boot prompt, the disk drive works for
some time, and then freeze with no error message.
Pascal
