Thanks Martin. I already have an Atapi CD-ROM.
I believe (as it has been in the past), that the Adaptec AHA2940 SCSI Disk controller is not supported in the installation. I need a solution. Martin Fahrendorf wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Mittwoch, 13. November 2002 22:18 schrieb Albert E. Whale: > > Can someone PLEASE explain to me why on Earth I cannot install LM 9.0 on > > a SCSI based system? It was running 8.2 fine, and my upgrade failed > > (something about the RPM Database rebuild failed, which then lead to an > > X Windows CRASH). > > > > After that I attempted Twice to Install LM 9.0. Each time fails at a > > different Point in the installation. > > > > WHY MUST I Boot off of the Floppy with a cdrom.img in order to install > > LM? > > > > Can someone PLEASE let me know why? What works differently from the > > traditional boot from CD-ROM? > > > > Hi, > > I had the same problem. The failed update attemp destroyed my rpm database. > every Install attemp faild at a other state. It seems to me like a bug in > supermount. Try to switch to a console (alt+F3 I think) and list the > content of your cdrom. there are lot of files missing. I solved it by > installing a ATAPI CD-ROM drive from my old machine and almost every thing > went through (besides a problem I had since mdk7.x with the graphical > installation). So supermount was a real Horror. I was so angry about it > that I compiled the new kernel without these crap (in my special > environment). > > Martin > > -- > > Albert E. Whale - CISSP > > http://www.abs-comptech.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists > > Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant > > Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA > > - -- > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > H E L I X Gesellschaft f�r Software & Engineering mbH > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > Hanauer Landstrasse 52 Telefon (069) 4789 35-30 > 60314 Frankfurt am Main Telefax (069) 4789 35-44 > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.helix-gmbh.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE900WqBG198cnayKQRAhBLAJ9upvEoDp1phwr1lGf7tzRYKgQ55ACfeto+ > caE0CaW8Fi+EKH5g15pa4TE= > =jlfl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA
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