----- Original Message ----- From: "Declan Moriarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:20 AM Subject: Re: Win95 replacement
<snip> > > The following is a guess. To help you we need more precise information. > > So you're at the install stage, am I right? You know what you're talking > about, but we're not so sure :). When you load Mandrake, does it get as far > as saying "In second stage Install"? Excuse a lesson in detested operating > systems. Yes, I am at the install stage. And no, it does not get to "In second stage Install". > > Now if it can't mount the root fs during an install, It's a cdrom problem. > Have you a DOS driver for the cdrom loaded? Start up, press F8 repeatedly > around the time it's saying "Starting Windows 95..." and choose step by step > confirmation. There should be a DOS (not windoze) driver such as cdrom.sys in > the config.sys. Write down the cd line line of options it offers > you(something like /D:MSCD001) Don't load the registry, windows drivers, or output from the step by step config: "Device = C:\CDROMDRV\ATAPICD.SYS /D:CD003" > windows. Does mscdex.exe load? Never mind - load it yourself this way > mscdex /d:(repeat details of /D: option from cdrom.sys) I think I did this correctly: "mscdex /d:CD003" This was the response: "Device driver not found: 'CD003' No valid cdrom device drivers selected" > My guess is that you'll fail around the D: stage, of this process if not > before. This will prove a dud cdrom drive. Of course we're all presuming you > have a standard ide cdrom that you think works. If you get in, but then have > cdrom problems, it's a nonstandard cdrom driver, or being driven off the > soundcard's ide interface, or something stoopid like that. That might explain > not booting from the beast. > Assuming that I have performed the test correctly, am I to understand that the cdrom is bad? Thanks, Derek _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
