Ed Iglehart wrote: > Hi, > > Sent this to the forum as well, but it might do as well here: > > I've been trying to get gNewSense 1.1 running on a middle-aged desktop > and get the following errors: > > Unable to locate RDSP <solved by booting "linux acpi=off"> [nnn.nnnnnn] > hdc: ide_intr: Huh? expected NULL handler on exit > <tried typing evms_activate - no noticeable result> > <a long couple of screens containing the following>
> [nnn.nnnnnn] hdc: ide_intr: Huh? expected NULL handler on exit > [nnn.nnnnnn] Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block nnnnn Get many of these? hdc is the primary master on the 2nd ide channel - usualy cdrom drive. its quite possible the drive is buggered. do you have one you can change it for? > [nnn.nnnnnn] SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block hhhhhh > [nnn.nnnnnn] SQUASHFS error: unable to read fragment cache block > [hhhhhhh] [nnn.nnnnnn] SQUASHFS error: unable to read page, block > hhhhhhh, size 7336 Other errors could well be a 'knock on' result of being unable to read the cdrom. > > Eventually just sits there like the tarbaby.... > > Computer: Emachines Etower 633(Version 1.2.C-UK) > Specifications (from the manual): > • PCI bus interface > • Integrated IDE controller * cdrom drive. > > Anyone got any ideas? I don't mind losing Windows Millennium Edition, in > fact that';s one of the main reasons for wanting Linux, but I would like > to dual-boot for a wee while if possible. you could do worse then lose WME, have to agree :). kk > > Thanks in advance ed iglehart > > P.S. Got 1.1 running fine on the laptop with dual-boot and shared > partition for Firefox and Thunderbird, so can do web or email from > either system. Followed advice from here: wd > The Ultimate Linux/Windows System | Linux Journal > <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8761> > if interested. > -- Karl Goetz User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnewsense.org Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam User of Debian, The Universal Operating System - http://www.debian.org
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