I have a mandrake 8.0 install disk that worked fine on 2 other systems.......but when I tried to install it on my Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3...... it gave me the same error message also......... I read as many of the archived emails as i could find on the subject......and Civilme......said somthing about passing some other info..........(like you can ram)...before the install began......... I wasn't brave enough or knowledgable enough to attempt this........... Since I had no clue what I was actually attempting. Will 8.1 possibly correct these install issues? BTW------ I am not complaining........ this list and MANDRAKE are GREAT! I run M$ 98 on the laptop for now.......(find it hard to convert the wife and kid)......but run 8.0 on my IBM Aptiva........ and Mandrake 7.2 on my work computer --- Old Ibm pc 350 / 166mghz/--but does have 180 meg ram :) 8.0 didn't like the ibm pc350 either....... even tried some of the other .img files when booting. I am extremely happy with the progress that Mandrake has made with each new release. I am a definate newbie.........but every release makes it easier and easier for newbies like myself to use Linux............. and I am very happy to say I use LInux Mandrake! :) Have given a few disks out to other newbies at the local LUG meetings I attend. (Figured I should start them out right! :) Thanks again---- -- Dave Crouse Registered Linux User #204085 --------------------- Running LInux-Mandrake 8.0 on a M$-Free PC On Sunday 02 September 2001 21:24, you wrote: > I did install this another machine and the install went fine, though that > was just a generic ide all around system with no scsi devices > --------------------------------------------- > Thomas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "TLG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:03 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Install of Mandrake 8 on a system with NCR53c896 scsi > controller > > > On Sunday 02 September 2001 18:35, TLG wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have an HP LC 2000. When I try to install Mandrake 8.0 I get the > > error > > > > "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" and intall halts. I > > > created > > an > > > > other.img boot disk with rawrite this gave me more error info which I > > > belive leads me to the problem. Install failed with the following: > > > > > > PCI device 1000 b is Symbios|53c896 (ncr53c8xx) > > > have to insmod ncr53c8xx > > > needs ncr53c8xx > > > file not found in archive ncr53c8xx.o > > > > > > Is there a boot image that can correct this so I can continue the > > install. > > > > Boot from a floppy and it can access the CD-ROM? > > > > > > Mandrake 7.1 can install on this system no problem. > > > > > > > > > BTW I find it embarassing to know I need a windows machine to install > > > Linux. --------------------------------------------- > > > Thomas > > > > The "could not uncompress second stage ramdisk" is a classic symptom of a > > bad > > > CD > > > > If it read that far, it is seeing your CD. Now the problem is picking > > the ncr driver off it or the symbios driver from it. This is likely to > > be a media problem since we supply both those drivers. > > > > If you bought the Pack, (either Desktop or PowerPack or the simple one, > > register your product and notify technical support of the problem. They > > do > > > have replacement CDs available for shipment. > > > > Civileme > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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