Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
Rolf Pedersen schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:04:09 -0700:At the install splash, you might try pressing F1 and booting with linux ide=nodma This sometimes helps with cd reading problems.
Ah well, how do I do a hard disk or ftp install without a floppy drive? This machine in question has a DVD, a CD-RW but no floppy drive. Can I burn the hd.img to a CD-R and boot with it? wobo
Take a look at this wiki howto: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/CookerHowTo#Via_Hard_Di sk_or_Network_with_No
Yes, nice advice but only suitable if there is already a Linux installation there where I can put the files. The machine in question doesn't have a Linux system, I removed the 9.1 test system today.
wobo
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