[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22-01-2004 07:42:14 AM: > Hi there, > I'm new to linux and am trying to install it on my Dell Dimension 8300. > I'm having some trouble though and am finding it hard to get any > help. I get the following lines on the initial screen > hda: attached ide-disk driver. > hda: lost interrupt > hda: lost interrupt > hda: lost interrupt > hda: host protected area =>1 > hda: lost interrupt > hda: 234375000 sectors (120000MB) w/8192KiB cache, CHS=14589/555/63, UDMA(33) > hda: lost interrupt > hda: lost interrupt > Partition check: > hda: <4> hda: dma_timer and so on
This sounds like a dma problem. You should get some sort of Boot: prompt right? (I haven't installed Mandrake 9.2, and its been so long sine I have installed Redhat 7.2) at the boot prompt, type your kernel image (ie: linux??) followed by ide=nodma. it should read: linux ide=nodma If the image is not linux, I think pressing tab twice will show you what images you can select from. Cheers, Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
