I am wondering if I upgraded my BIOS, would this get the installation
working for me.
Roman
Daniel Anderson wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I had no problem installing on a pentium 100 with Intel chipset.I
> remember reading somewhere about problems with the via chipset,which
> this board has,I don't remember if it was related to this problem
> though.I tried removing all but one drive and a cdrom,still the same
> results,also tried changing every relevant setting in bios.It's also
> interesting that when I tried to install 7.0 on the pentium machine,with
> various video cards,I never could get past the display setup,yet 7.1
> works perfectly.
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> Romanator wrote:
> >
> > Whew!! I thought the problem was with my computer, only. The weird thing
> > is that MDK7.0 should have installed on a Pentium II. I have a i586
> > installation. I think further investigation is needed and documented.
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > Gil Baron W0MN wrote:
> > >
> > > You are not alone with install problems with this poorly tested version 7.1.
> > > See my video problems on expert. Xfree86 (the thing I needed most in the
> > > upgrade) fails with my configuration. In fact , with 2 different
> > > configurations on two different machines.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Anderson
> > > > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 12:16 PM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK7.1 IDE Configuration Freezes During
> > > > Installation onDell Dimension XPS PII 200 MMX
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
