Dan,
I could not get MDK 7.0 installed. I did see some installation script
patches on the linux-mandrake.com web site. I was wondering if my IDE
configuration problem points to the way the hard drive is configured.
That is, two hard drives on separate buss lines. I'm glad that I wasn't
the only one experiencing this.
I still think the best way to isolate the problem is to strip down any
fancy configurations. Then, begin with a single drive, CD-ROM with Zip
drive(in my case), and proceed from there.
I will take notes. This may be easier to isolate the problem. I remember
a message pointing to a table. I have to check my older emails. When
Linux gets installed, I will add a step-by-step help file.
I have to admit, this has been an eye opening learning experience on
installation. Installations should be very transparent. And, we take
this for granted. I'll check up on the freezing business.
Cheers!
Roman
Daniel Anderson wrote:
>
> Romanator wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm having the same problem with the computer freezing when detecting
> the ide drives. Mandrake 7.0 installed without any problems,but 7.1
> always freezes.I've tried different drives,so I don't think the drive
> itself is the problem. I don't know the name of the board,but it has a
> via chipset,and running a AMD K6-2 450 processor.
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I have been trying to install MDK7.1x on to my older Dell Dimensions XPS
> > 200s MMX('ala 1997).
> > I have a two drives configured with a Creative CD-ROM and Iomega ZIP
> > drive. The original OS is Win95.
> >
> > Original Hard Drive (sorry I do not have the name)
> > A) 3 Gig. drive connected the first bus (I'm not sure of the brand
> > name)->has Win95 on 1st partition
> > Recent Hard drive (Fujitsu)
> > B) 10 Gig. drive connected to the second bus (Fujitsu - purchased last
> > year)-has Win98SE on 1st partition
> >
> > MDK Installation 7.0
> > MDK7.0 never installed on the 10 Gig. as it went to text mode and
> > appeared to not recognize the hard drive. All I could see was the large
> > penguin in the top left corner while slowly scrolling up line by line.
> > The MDK7.0 installation CD is for Pentium i586 and higher.
> >
> > MDK Installation 7.1 Helium
> > So then I tried MDK 7.1. The installation got as far as searching and
> > configuring IDE and then it froze.
> > I tried stopping the installation and it finally blacked out to DOS. The
> > message indicated that some of drivers were older and may have to be
> > upgraded? Has any one experienced anything remotely similar?
> > This is a 10 Gig. Fujitsu, and its not that old.
> >
> > It appears that the configuration may be a bit screwed up after adding
> > the additional hard drive.
> > Actually, I had a colleague configure this.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Roman
