I had to stop using the Mandrake distribution all together, it was just too much
trouble to bother with. I now use the *OFFICAL* RedHat ditribution, and I've had
absolutely no problems.
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:23:53 Gabriel Fernandez wrote:
>Dear all:
>
> I am a Slackware user, but I have heard so many good things about Read
>Hat that I decided to give it a try. So far it has not been a positive
>experience . . .
>
> My machine is configured as follows:
>
> Pentium 75MHz
> 64MB RAM
> ide0 @ 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 @ 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15 (serialized with ide0)
> hda: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFA1275A,
> 1220MB w/256KB Cahce, CHS=619/64/63
> hdb: Maxtor 72004 AP,
> 1916MB w/128KB Cache, CHS=973/64/63
> hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM DVD-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048KB Cache
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1, hda2, hda3
> hdb: hdb1, hdb2
>
> I have Windows 95 and Slackware Linux currently installed. The first
>hard drive has a partition for Windows 95 and two partitions for Linux
>(/swap and /). The second hard drive has one partition for Windows 95
>(mounted under Linux) and a partition for Linux (/usr). Everything works
>fine so far . . .
>
> When I tried installing Mandrake 6.0, I was under the impression that the
>installation would take care of deleting or repartition the hard drives.
>However, this is not the case.
>
> After the installation type is selected and the kernel is loaded. I see
>a message "Running install..." and everything hangs.
>
> When I check with ALT-F4, I can see the following error messages:
>
> VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> hdb: lost interrupt
> hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
> status error: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
> hdb: drive not ready for command
> VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1 (22,0)
> hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04
> hdc: lost interrupt:
> hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
> hdc: lost interrupt:
> hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason=0x1)
> ...
>
> I do not understand why the hard drives are used and mounted correctly
>with Windows 95 and Slackware.
>
> Do you have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gabriel
>
>
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