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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chaffey, Jason
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:21 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [expert] Master vs slave and booting LM8 CD
>
>
> Hi.
>
> I have started upgrading some of the linux boxes at work and have
> come across an interesting problem. Booting up the LM 8.0 install
> CD has worked on only about half the machines so far.
>
> The interesting thing is that the machines that booting actually
> worked on had the cdrom as the secondary slave. If the cdrom
> was the secondary master, it would crash during the second stage.
> Here is what I see:
>
> Please wait: Trying to access a CDROM disc (drive LTN526S)
> >Error! Could not open compressed ramdisk file
> (/tmp/image/Mandrake/base/mdkint_stage2.bz2).
> (press <enter> to proceed)
>
> error in exec of stage 2 :-(
> FATAL ERROR IN STAGE 1: No such file or directory
>
> Does anyone have a quick fix for this (without me having to open
> the box)?
>
Jason
I have a maybe fix that you can try.
At the installation splash screen press F3 and at the boot prompt enter:
linux hdb=cdrom and press enter.
This assumes that you wish to run the install in graphics mode and that you
only have 1 device connected to your 1st ide channel.
The parameters can be changed as necessasary for your actual setup.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
