Charlie wrote: >Mike Shilling's message on April 7, 2002 08:53 pm, stated: > Hi, > > I have a problem with 8.2. > > Im installing on a scsi hard disk but my boot record is going on my > primary master IDE disk in the computer. The disk also has Windows XP > on it. > > After installation (which goes flawlessly) Instead of getting the LILO > prompt, I get a scrolling screen of 101010101010101010101010 and it > never stops. > > I have to repair the boot record back to the original windws one to get > it working again, but I am unable to use Mandrake. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Here is my system: > > Athlon 1.4 > 512 DDR RAM > Main boot drive is IDE (ultra 100) > Linux drive is IBM SCSI drive on an adaptec ultra 160 card > kyroII vid card > etc etc. > > > If there is anything else you need, please ask as this has been driving > me crazy! > > I tried the graphical LILO as well as the text only LILO. Neither > helped. I also tried installing LILO and the boot info to a floppy > disk, and it STILL happened. > > Weird. > > Thanks! > > Mike S. >________________________________________________________________ >Mine did the exact same thing on first boot but I used the MS three finger >salute and booted from the floppy and all went well every time since. No >SCSI drives but two Maxtors (13 GB master and 60 GB slave on primary IDE >channel). I hadn't updated the BIOS yet when I had that problem either. No >trouble since then, even though it took me nearly a week to get my act >together long enough to flash it. > >You did make a boot disk, didn't you? > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, boot from the CD and type F1 then "rescue" without the quotes and then mount the partition--next use drakfloppy to make a boot disk.
Your KyroII is probably not supported, so use framebuffer device for X if you want X on linux. Civileme
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