I had a similar? problem with installing redhat7.1 at work, some time ago. After booting from the cd the installer got stuck on a blue screen (or other screen, if you chose advanced/textual install) while it tried to access the cdrom. The problem was solved by replacing the cd-rom to an older one (we have standard hardware there), and then installing. Now, after the installation, if you returned to the original cd-rom driver it got stuck while booting. The solution was to compile a new kernel. Probably the 2.4.5 kernel supplied with redhat 7.1 had some unique bug to a specific hardware configuration, like we have there.
Noam On Sat, 2001-12-01 at 15:11, Omer Zak wrote: > When trying to install Mandrake 8.1, the installer got stuck at the step > at which it displays the "Trying to access a CDROM disc" message. > The strange thing is that the installer was successfully booted from the > CDROM. > > Any hints where to look for the problem? How to work around it? > > System configuration (let me know if more information is needed): > Pentium II 300MHz, 384MB memory > /dev/hda - none > /dev/hdb - Yamaha CRW2200 CD/RW > /dev/hdc - a 40GB hard disk (only the first 33GB are recognized due to a > BIOS limitation) > /dev/hdd - none > > Mandrake Linux 8.1 - from the CD-ROM set sold during the Linux Day at > Bar-Ilan U. > > The hard disk already has RedHat 7.2 and OpenBSD 2.9 installed in it, and > it multi-boots using lilo. When formatting the disk, I reserved few > partitions for the planned Mandrake installation. > --- Omer > There is no IGLU Cabal. There are no integral SCSI cables either (only > differential ones). > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Noam Meltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 4853872 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
