Thanks for replying - I do appreciate it a bunch...
> does your computer have sound and USB and video on board?
All the sound stuff plugs into the motherboard.
the USB support
> may have something to do with it, do you use usb?
I do have USB jacks, but I don't remember seeing anything about shutting it
off in BIOS, and I've spent more time in BIOS this weekend than talking to
my kids. :-)
Maybe there are jumpers that will disable all this and take it out of the
loop? But if that did make install possible would I be able to use it in
the future?
Thanks,
Eric
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Lauritzen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 7:04 PM
> Subject: [newbie] install problem again
>
>
> > On Mon, 28 May 2001, you wrote:
> > > I know this might sound like a winders type of solutition,,,
> > > first step is to go into Bios, and turn off (set to NO) Plug and pray
> > aware
> > > OS,
> >
> > Did that... tried it both ways.
> >
> > > and turn off any bios level virus protection,
> >
> > don't see any
> >
> > > if that was allready done
> > > and/or made no difference, I would remove all the cards from my
computer
> > > execpt the video card and retry.
> >
> > The only other card I have is the nic card
> >
> > Other things I've tried:
> >
> > - Used more than one CD drive to boot from - same results
> > - Booted from a floppy made with the CD.img as per manual - same results
> > - Tried installing RedHat7 - that started working, now running it on
> machine
> > in
> > question
> > - tried the mandrake install disks on another computer - they work
> > - tried the install CDs made from a download - same results
> >
> > Anyway you cut it this is a problem unique to mandrake8 - RedHat is
> > installed
> > ok, but I didn't pay $80 for redhat, and I don't want it. it's also
> unique
> > to
> > this machine because the purchased disks work on my other computer - a
> > laptop
> > which I don't want Linux on.
> >
> > > I would also like to say that more
> > > information about your computer would be helpfull here.. what MB,
> >
> > 192 MG
> >
> > > what brand
> > > and model HD,
> >
> > Maxtor 88455d8, 8 gig
> >
> > >network card,
> >
> > > modem
> >
> > no modem
> >
> > > sound card,
> >
> > yamaha opl
> >
> > > what irq and DMA channels
> >
> > BIOS says they are all available if memory serves - I don't have any
> > reserved.
> >
> > > memory sticks,
> >
> > two 32MG and a 128 to make 192MG Ram
> >
> > >speed etc CPU,
> >
> > P 2, 266
> >
> > > Bus
> >
> > data bus width = 64 bits
> >
> > address bus width = 32 bits
> >
> > the computer is a Dell Demension
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sunday 27 May 2001 00:51, you wrote:
> > > > I am now attempting to install from purchased mandrake 8.0 CDs
> > > > from the powerpack.
> > > >
> > > > Partition check:
> > > > hda: hda1 hda2 <hda5>
> > > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> > > > Uncompressing....
> > > <snip>
> > > > Any ideas what else I could try?
> >
> >
> >
>
