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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jeff lang
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 3:04 PM
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> Subject: [expert] installing off HD or Network
>
>
> I've been having the problem with install mandrake 7.2 and
> the 8.0 Beta.
> There is a bug in the distros with my VIA Apollo IDE controller. This
> means i can't install off of the CD-ROM. I've installed many other
> linux distros on my system including mandrake 7.0, but there must be
> some problem with the kernel they are using for the boot
> problem. I've
> tried creating boot images with raw write to either install over a
> network or off of my HD, but when i put these boot disks in
> at start up
> the system just hangs when verifying the boot medium. It
> defiantly reads
> the disk, but i'm wondering if i needed to specify the location of
> either the ftp or the address on my HD. There didn't seem to be any
> options for that in raw write. Does anyone one know how i can do this
> or how to get around the actual problem of the kernel not
> liking my ide
> controller
Jeff
Without knowing when the installs hangs or what/if error message you get it
hard to give you options to try.
Here are a couple.
At the installation splash screen press F1 and at the boot prompt enter
linux ide0=noautotune ide1=noautotune.
You can also boot to the cd install from DOS
Since DOS will load a generic CD-ROM driver hopefully it will allow 7.2 to
see and access your drive and it will not hang.
With 7.2 in your drive boot your system with a win98 Start-up disk. Choose
the With CD-ROM
Support option.
I will be using N for my cd-rom. You will need to replace that with the
assignment which DOS gives to yours. The entries in ""s are those the system
issues, those without are the ones you are to enter.
"A:\>"N:\
"N:\>"cd\dosutils\autoboot
"N:\dosutils\autoboot>"autoboot.bat004
"C:\Mandrake>"cdrom
The Mandrake installation program will begin.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
