On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:20 pm, A. A. wrote: > I'm trying to install Mandrake Linux 9.0 on a Toshiba Tecra 9000, and > I'm running into very early trouble... I've downloaded all three CD's > from Mandrake's mirrors, and successfully used them to install Linux > on a different desktop machine. But I can't seem to figure out the > problem for getting it installed on the Toshiba laptop (Tecra). > > Regardless of whether I try CDROM-based installation or floppy based > installation (and I've tried cdrom.img and hd.img on the floppy), they > all fail at exactly the same point, and here is the snippet right > before the system freezes without any further activity (I'm typing it > in from my notes): > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > ICH3M: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev f9 > PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:1f.1 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:1d.2 > ICH3M: chipset revision 1 > ICH3M: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xcfa0-0xcfa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xcfa8-0xcfaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > > And then nothing more... > > I've tried utilizing different installation "strings" but all to no > avail, one of those strings is as follows: > expert hdc=cdrom ide0=noautotune ide1=noautotune ide2=noautotune > ide3=noautotune > I've been struggling with this for almost a day now, so if you have > any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. I'm trying to convince my > department to use Linux, and this would look really bad if I can't get > this machine running...*sigh* > > Hardware specs: > Machine: Toshiba Tecra 9000 > Hard Drive: IC25N020ATCS04-0 on primary channel as master > DVD/CD-ROM drive: Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-C2502 on secondary as master > IDE ATA/ATAPI controller: Intel 82801CAM Ultra ATA Storage Controller - > 248A > > > By the way, the laptop already boots up fine under Windows 2000 > Professional.
(Well I daresay Toshiba tested it with Windows before marketing the computer) I have no idea why your Toshiba will not boot the installation kernel, but there is a second installation kernel on your CD you can try booting with that might work. When you see the first screen saying Enter to continue or F1 for more options, hit the F1 key. You will see a black screen with some text and a prompt saying 'boot:' type alt2 <enter> It will now boot using the Linux 2.2 kernel. This kernel does not support pcmcia so none of your pcmcia cards will be detected or configured. But do not worry, because it will install the 2.4 kernel on your hard drive, and you can do your pcmcia setup later. (I can tell you how once you manage to get everything else installed) HTH derek
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