andre wrote:
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> > Second Try at this, I am part of the list, right?.
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> > Just tried the 7.2 version on my AMD k6-300 with 3dfx Voodoo Banshee board,
> > 64 Meg RAM. Fresh install (all drives formatted) completed successfully with
> > standard 3.3.6 xvga server (not 3dfx) tested OK, network OK, Printer OK,
> > Mouse and Keyboard OK. On final reboot system fails after detecting hard
> > drives (2) and just freezes with no further boot events. A second attempt
> > with experimental 3.3.6 3d driver also same result.
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> > I'm new here and need to know what you are looking for in order to properly
> > find where the boot failure occurs.
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> > "Like fine wine, I get better with age"
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> > Paul Godin
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> I think i have the same problem. When i started linux after the installation it
> hanged after two lines something like ide0 etc. ide1 etc.
> But i could get to the new system by using the rescue disk. there i chroot to my
> fresh partion. removed the line ' append=" ide1=autotune ide0=autotune" ' in
> lilo.conf. ran lilo and after a reboot it worked.
Yeah, thats what causes the problem - got me too. You can remove the
"ide autotune" lines during install by clicking the grub/lilo entry,
choosing "modify" & deleting them from the "append" line. Where some
chips work fine with "hdparm" they can't do autotune. N.B. you can also
boot with your install CDROM & choose "update" instead of "install" to
get to this dialog, & modify your lilo settings. Perhaps, in the "Help"
section at the bottom of the screen, it might be an idea to say what
"Hard Drive Optimisations" is actually setting - something like: "This
enables DMA, 32bit I/O, & appends bla bla bla to your lilo.conf, which,
with some chipsets, will cause your machine to hang at boot"...
-WBD
