You are right.
Don't do the X test.
And SCSI test if you haven't.
All goes well.
Eric
> Bouropoulos Andreas wrote:
>
> Hello there,
> I have some trouble installing Mandrake on my system and
> would like some help. The problem is that, when I boot
> from a disk (being created by rawrite using cdrom.img),
> installation starts normally, and I get into the graphical
> user interface. I select the keyboard map and stuff, but
> when the installer reaches the 'SCSI detection' step the
> system freezes.
> I downloaded the patch you give, and put it in the boot
> disk under the name 'patch.pl'. At the boot prompt, I
> entered 'linux patch' as it is said, but still, the
> problem persists, and the system freezes when it reaches
> the 'SCSI detection' step.
> What do I have to do to make the patch work?
>
> Also, I tried to install Mandrake using the
> 'txt_boot.img'. In this case, the installation of packages
> would finish, but then again I would have problem starting
> the X server. I choose the monitor from the list, and then
> it detects my graphics card correctly. When it tries to
> start the X server for testing my settings, the screen
> would blink a few times, and then a message would appear
> saying that an error occurred and X server could not be
> started.
>
> I would appreciate it if you could help me a little bit
> and tell me what to do.
>
> Below is my system description in case you need it:
>
> Pentium-MMX 166MHz
> 48MB RAM
> Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 2MB (BIOS 1.04, rev L)
> Opti 924 Soundcard
> and I have three hard disks: 1GB (FAT32), 528MB (on which
> I install linux) and 100MB(FAT).
> Sony CDROM 2x
> Modem 56KBps
>
> Also, the installer freezes at the SCSI detection step, on
> the Celeron-466MHz I use.
>
> Thanks for your help.
