Try changing the CD Rom drive...some of the BTC/Ciciero(sp)/... CR@P,low cost CD's can/will make the system hand. Install a name brand Toshiba/Pioneer/HP/... CD and I bet the problem goes away. HTH Jaguar Michael Hatzakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I just saw that. Oh well. I just paged through months of the old > archives and found nothing about boot problems. I just realized I made an > error on my last post. When the system gets stuck, it reads, "stage1 > stage2 " then hang city... > > how do I reconfigure lilo.conf in mandrake when booting from floppy? How > do I do this without the CDROM since the boot from floppy mode does not > recognize the CD drive? Or do I just need to re-install using manual > mode? > > Thanks, Michael > > Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD > Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine > University of Washington Medical Center > Medical Director, Inpatient and Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs > Puget Sound Veterans Administration Health Care System > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (206) 277-1792 > (206) 764-2263 Fax > > On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Patti Wavinak wrote: > > > Just because it keeps bouncing back doesn't mean the list didn't get it > > -- I have rec'd this particular message 4 times now. What I always find > > interesting is when I get the bounced message AFTER I get the message I > > posted. :-) > > > > Patti > > Registered Linux User #184611 > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > On 8/18/00, 5:25:35 PM, Michael Hatzakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > regarding [newbie] Boot failure: > > > > > > > Trying to get this sent, but it keeps bouncing back. I am > > > subscribed. Could you post it for me? > > > > > Installed mandrake linux 7.1 perfectly using Automode install, the > > > X-Windows interface during the instal worked fine, it recognized all my > > > hardware, but during the reboot progress it failed. I got something > > like, > > > "Start1 Start2" then it hung. I forget the actual words, but it hangs on > > > boot up and does nothing. > > > > > Tried booting from floppy so I could run and check the lilo.conf, but I > > > could not get the floppy boot to recognmize the CD-ROm during 'Recovery' > > > mode. So I never got a prompt. I used to use RH 5.1, but I am NOT an > > > expert user. > > > > > My hardware: > > > > > E-Machines Pentium II 333mhz > > > 32 mb memory > > > 2Gig HD > > > Partition does include /temp /usr and swap drives > > > CD-ROM IDE > > > NEC Monitor > > > > > Question: > > > > > Do I need to re-run LILO or look at my LILO.conf? In auto install mode, > > I > > > did not specify MBR or 1st drive as my boot method, does it matter which > > I > > > use? I usually use my 1st drive. I also tried to install an old version > > > of Redhat Linux, but it also hung on re-boot. The system works fine with > > > Win98 and Win2000, which is how I polled the hardware to set up linux. I > > > am NOT doing dual boot. > > > > > Thanks, Michael > > > > > Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD > > > Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine > > > University of Washington Medical Center > > > Medical Director, Inpatient and Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs > > > Puget Sound Veterans Administration Health Care System > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > (206) 277-1792 > > > (206) 764-2263 Fax > > > > > On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > > > > Test, ignore > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
