Well, I am not sure. Maybe this can help you. A few months ago I was trying to install SuSE 7.3 on Dell Precision... (P4, 256 RAM... etc.) I had the same problem as you are describirng. I started to look for reason... and...
In the case of SuSE solution was to start instalation with this command line (I have found it on their site): linux disableapic maxcpus=0 nosmp after booting instalation this way, there was no any problem. Actually I don't know what does it mean, but with SuSE it worked. Maybe this can help you. See you, Tomek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edvard Wikstr�m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 2:12 AM Subject: RE:Re: [expert] Problem with a Dell Pentium Pro > Hello again, > > Civileme, I followed your suggestion I tried the memory test program. I don�t know what conclusion to make of it. It took it 50 min to finish and then it started again. I was expectiing a "status report" or a "summary". I didn�t get any information about the memory health. Is this a normal behavior of the program? > Back to my problem. I used the CD2 and selected the 2.2.14 kernel, it worked (I had to strugle a little with the partioning, it didn�t like my partioning strategy). I still have this strange problem though. When i boot the machine I got no conection with the screen, it is ofline during the startup. > Only at the login when X starts I get the monitor and image back. I�m really amazed about what it wrong. Could it be the graphic card? > > /Edvard > > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > 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 > > > > > > _________________________________________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 > -- Okresl Swoje potrzeby - my znajdziemy oferte za Ciebie! [ http://oferty.onet.pl ]
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