Edvard Wikstr�m wrote: >Hi, >I posted this question at the newbie list but got no luck, they suggested to post it >here instead. Here it goes. >I�m trying to install Mandrake 8.1 with no luck. When I boot the machine with the CD >or the floppy with the cdrom.img it stops just after this line: >"SYSLINUX 1.48 Linux-Mandrake copyright 1994-1999 H. Peter Avin" The monitor loses >contact with the computer (gets ofline) and the cdrom spins a little and then stops. >And all the ligths in the front panel at the computer starts to blink in sync. Any >ideas about what could be the problem? > >Some info about this machine: >-Dell XPS 180n, a Pentium Pro machine at 180Mhz with 98 MB RAM. >-Matrox Mystique 220 4 MB RAMDAC >-Creative SB32 >-HD(1) IDE IBM-DAQA-33240 (Master) >-HD (2) IDE WDC-AC31600H >Both harddrives are clean, nothing on them. The filesystem on both are FAT32 right >now after format. >I flashed the motherboard with the latest driver, while I had win98 and it worked >great. No problems there. I have been removing hardware to see if the install would >kick in, but no result there. I appreciate any help. > >(I can add that I have been using Linux/Mandrake for 6 months, so I�m not >new with the OS) > >/Edvard > > >_________________________________________s_p_r_a_y_ >H�r b�rjar Internet! >Skaffa gratis e-mail och gratis Internet p� http://www.spray.se > >Anm�l ditt intresse f�r Spray ADSL bredband! http://www.spray.se/adsl/intresse > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > First order of business is to take the memtest-x86.bin from /images/ and dd it to a floppy...
Then boot from the floppy. Memory could cause this. I have a Compaq Professional Workstation here with two PPros and running the SMP kernel and we're in hog heaven. Second possibility... Both Dell and Compaq are bad bad bad about proprietary cards, so let's try the 2.2 kernel boots. Put in CD number 2 from the 9.1 set and Boot, then follow instructions to try an alternate image. But when Win works and linux doesn't, 9 times out of 10 it is flaky memory. Civileme
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