It may also be a bad cdrom image no? 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 -- Lorne Shantz
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