I am having the same problems as Rune but I don't have the same hardware, my first two installations were perfect but now I have tryed 5-6 new installation that all end up in the same way; when rc.sysinit is gonna shoot it get's Permission Denied on all it's initiations and then CHOKE. I did send a mail on that on the list and haven't got one reply yet! ei On Monday 20 November 2000 15:23, civileme wrote: > Rune Kallhovd wrote: > > Hi folks! > > > > I have run into some serious problems installing Mandrake 7.2 on > > my box, having the following specs: > > > > - Abit BE6-II motherboard (not version 2), latest BIOS (UH) > > > > - Celeron 466 > > > > - 256 MB RAM > > > > - Two HD's on UDMA66 (HPT366), both IBM. > > /dev/hde - IBM 30GB, 7200rpm, ATA66/100 (boot) > > /dev/hdf - IBM 13.5GB, 7200rpm, ATA66 > > > > - DVD/CD and CD-RW > > /dev/hda - Pioneer 10/40 DVD/CD > > /dev/hdb - HP 9100i > > > > - Matrox G400 MAX DualHead > > > > - Creative 1024 Live! > > > > Installation goes quite well, but reboot after installation just > > chokes when init is starting. I heard someone mention that there > > is a bug in 7.2 that requires you to disable the primary slave > > drive in BIOS when installing 7.2. Then download and install a > > patch of some sort before enabling the slave drive again. > > Is this so, and could someone point me to where I might find the > > solution to this? > > > > I tried to search for this in the archives here, but could not > > find anything. > > > > Mandrake 7.1 installs just fine on the same box, but I ran into > > similar problems when I opted for 'disk optimization' during the > > installation. Boot got stuck when 'preparing disk optimization for > > /dev/hdf'. This leads me to suspect there is some problems with > > having a slave drive when installing 7.2? > > > > BTW, None of the drives are 'contaminated' with Windoze. > > If this is downloadable 7.2, try installing in "expert" mode and turning > off optimizations. This particular MB/Chipset/Controller combo often > chokes on some of them. Check the expert archives or Cooker archives > for case histories if interested. > > If this is not downloadable 7.2, either download it or register your set > and contact tech support by email; or get a cheap set of CDs from > Cheapbytes or GatorOnline. > > Civileme > -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@
