Edvard Wikstr�m wrote: >Hello again, > >I should have mentioned that both the CD and the floppy disk work without any >problems. I used them to install 8.1 in another machine that I have. Just to be sure, >I checked again and they work. I have also tried the other.img to see if that would >work, it gives me nothing. >Any ideas? > >/Edvard > > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >Sounds like a dodgy CD to be honest, can you get another copy or download. >If you have the ISO did you check the checksum. Apart from that I have no >idea. > >HTH >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Edvard Wikstr�m >Sent: 22 March 2002 20:11 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [expert] Problem with a Dell Pentium Pro > > >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 > > > > > >_________________________________________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 > OK REPRODUCED::::
Identical behavior to what you describe. CD behaves OK on 8 systems, but when I tried a reinstall with an old CD drive I knew performed less than 100%, I got the following 3 times failed to boot 9 times got to the same point as yours and stopped. Try a different drive in your machine if you have one available. Civileme
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