Brian Parish wrote: >On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 10:43, civileme wrote: > >>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 >> >> >> >>---- >> > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > >The 9.1 set! Civileme, you must have a pre-pre-release. Can I get one >of those too? ;-) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > LOL! Civileme have very fat fingers... 8.2 or 8.1 I mean of course.
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