Ok, here's what I have so far. I installed mandrake 9.2 (my original cd was bad, had no problem with the second copy) When I boot the hd now, linux runs through the startup process, the monitor seems to go through a test, flashing 3 times or so, and it asks for a localhost login:
Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 Kernal 2.4.22-10mdk on an i686 / tty1 localhost login: I type my username and password and get to a command line. I type startx and it scrolls a couple of screens of settings or something. It gets to a monitor sequence (svga, different resolutions, etc.) then stops, giving me the following: Fatal server error: No valid modes found when reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. X10: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0,0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. back to a command prompt. I installed the recommended amount of items at the install, neither adding or removing any it defaulted to. Any suggestions? Thanks, Josh > From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:03:11 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake Help > > On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:07 pm, Josh Peters wrote: >> Hi Everyone. >> I'm installing mandrake 9.2 on an ibm pentium 2, 450, 256 ram. >> It wouldn't boot from the cd, so I made a floppy. I got a little further, >> this error message: >> syslinux 1.67 mandrake linux boot failed >> I've tried using both disk 1 and 2 to boot from. >> Anyone have any other tips? >> BTW, I am very much a linux virgin, please excuse my idiocy. >> Josh > > If you have the space on your hard drive, you might consider making a > partition and copying the 3 install disks to that, then make a hd install > floppy, boot with that and install from there. That's the way I prefer to > install, now, because I never have to put the disks in the cd drive again. > You can only install with disk 1 in the drive, if you use the boot-from-cd or > boot from floppy, install from cd method. And, it sounds as though your boot > floppy may be faulty, because if an install fails, it will usually fail at > the copying files from cd-rom stage--not at the floppy boot stage. Did you > use the DOS utility on the first disk to make it? If the install fails at > the part where the cd is accessed, it could be a faulty cd (also indicated by > boot failure when the bios is set to boot from CD). Did you do an MD5 > checksum on it? If the vid card uses shared memory, you may need to pass a > Mem=xxx option. > See, without more info, there could be a lot of different problems, any one of > which can be a show stopper, none of which are insurmountable. Give us more > info, and we'll try to help you get installed. This OS is waaaaay better > than Windows, and your system should run 9.2 just fine. > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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