Travis,
I am afraid I have bad news. I had the SAME problem with and Inspiron 3K
(i.e., the HD working just fine under Windoze and giving time out errors under
linux), and it turned out to be a hardware problem, i.e., the hard disk was
faulty. I suggest you run the read/write diagnostic tests from Dell and see what
happens. Chances are that you will need a new hard drive. Good luck!
Luis.
Travis Bauer wrote:
> Okay, I gave up on the ftp install of redhat 5.2. I bought the 5.1 CD at
> the local store and am trying to install it on my 3.2K.
>
> Here's the new problem. When installing the packages, or checking the disk
> for errors, the computer generates quite a few errors. When writing, it
> seems related to hda being busy. There is an irq error followed by an hda
> timeout error. I know the disk is good because it ran Win98 just fine.
>
> Question: Why is a perfectly good hard drive generating so many hda errors?
> Question: I have the drive partitioned into a 3.9gig partition and a 100meg
> swap. partition. Creating more partitions increases the erros I get. Will
> Linux use a 3.9 gig partition properly?
>
> Thanks,
> Travis
>
> When installed, my 3.2k will be a win32 free machine.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Travis Bauer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 4:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Recognizing the Etherfast on boot. And a partition question.
>
> > You don't know what the PCMCIA services say? If you aren't sure,
> >you should be able to drop to the shell during the install(on virtual
> >console 2) and then re-insert the card(something should happen--a message
> >saying the card was recognized or something). You might try rerunning
> >cardmgr(if you can find it that is) with the -v (verbose) flag. It's
> >possible the cardservices are rigged in the kernel though, and I don't
> >know how to work that one.
> > You will want Windows first because it's crappy software and won't
> >boot from any other place(at least, 95 wouldn't and I'm assuming they
> >don't care enough to fix it). In fact, the Windows 98 installation won't
> >intall on a Linux fdisked partition. I believe Windows fdisk is broken or
> >something, so you have to partition with the Windows install. Linux is
> >flexible and can go anywhere so you can put that as hda2. You need to
> >boot with the windows boot disk(or CD possibly) and run fdisk. The only
> >partition you can make with that is the windows'. After that and
> >formatting and installing windows, you can go install Linux and fdisk the
> >rest of it.
> > Booting is a judgement call from this point. You can either use
> >LOADLIN or LILO or possibly something like System Commander(which is
> >highly recommended by me, but costs money). LOADLIN would be possible by
> >using the Windows bootloader and putting in one of those multi-boots, one
> >being Linux. The LILO option is not always a good one. I have had some
> >problems(minor) with trying to boot from a master boot record de LILO.
> >It's all good though. The other thing is that if you use LOADLIN from
> >Windows it takes way longer to boot and you get most of the windows
> >screwing with your system(i.e. irq settings, etc.) which will happen as
> >well if you go into windows then warm boot. That will screw with Linux,
> >a warm boot from windows to Linux. Anyway, have fun.
> >
> >On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Travis Bauer wrote:
> >
> >> Two Questions:
> >>
> >> I have an Inspiron 3.2k. I am trying to do an FTP install.
> >>
> >> It has a PCMCIA LinkSys Etherfast card. I got a patched boot disk for
> Red
> >> Hat 5.2 which starts up PCMCIA services correctly after loading the
> >> supplementary disks. But it does not recognize the card (I get the high
> >> beep, then the low pitch beep when it starts up the PCMCIA services).
> >>
> >> Question 1: How can I get the boot to recognize the etherfast card so I
> can
> >> do an FTP install?
> >>
> >> Question 2: I have a single 4 gig hard drive. I would like to dual boot
> >> Win98 and Linux. How do I partition the drive into three partitions?
> One
> >> for Win98, one for the Linux OS and one for the Linux swap?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Travis
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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