Well: This is what I have done so far...I tried two different cd roms on my newly built pc (new and the original cd rom I used to install suse on my old pc)--->same results. I tried my boys pc, which is exactly the same as mine (same motherboard, same processor, same memory but different cd rom and video card) ---> same results.
Then I tried it on my daughters dell built pc P4 and it recognized the disk with no problems but I didn't install it. This shows that it is not a bad suse disk or bad cd roms but a compatibility issue with my pc's hardware, be it memory, motherboard or processor and nothing more. Here is what I am running: Motherboard: Intel p4 model # D865PERL. Processor: Intel p4 3ghz 800mhz system bus; 512 KB l2 advanced transfer cache supporting hyper threading technology. Memory: Kingston 2X512 MB 400mhz; model # kvr400ak2/1gr. This is the same as my boy's pc except his motherboard has built in LAN and supports raid. I have spent big bucks recently building my systems. I am not going to buy any more hardware. I wonder if it has to do with memory? I wish that I had different memory to try but I cant afford to spend any more money to figure this out Jimbo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] installing suse linux 8.1 > jim, > > i haven't been following this thread, but here's my take from jumping in. > > the key here is two-fold: > > 1. 800MHz P4 is an aging system in the scheme of things. > > 2. you didn't find anything in google. > > the first point is relevent because linux sometimes doesn't get new mobo > chipset support immediately. when i first bought my kt133a, literally 2 > weeks after the chipset first came out, some of the AGP stuff didn't > work. googling, i found a kernel developer announce on lkmpg that he > was working on it. > > i sent him a polite note asking for an ETA, and he gave me some patches > which were included with the next kernel. > > but an 800 MHz P4 is what -- 2 years old by now? > > i __seriously__ doubt there's a hardware problem there. any problems > would've been worked out a long time ago. > > > the second point is valid, well, because it's ALWAYS valid. i've never > found that i was the first person to discover a problem. someone, > somewhere, always asked the same question before me. sometimes the > question got answered, and sometimes it didn't. sometimes i'd have to > search very hard. but my questions have always been asked before. and > believe you me, i ask a LOT of questions. > > > well, there's a third key: > > * the problem seems to be "related" to a CD drive > > the day of proprietary IDE devices is over, i think. rick moen keeps > information like this on his website, so maybe he'll have something > different to say. but i think it's true. you don't get much more linux > friendly than an IDE CD drive. except for, of course, a SCSI CD drive. > > > here's my guess. it's not your motherboard. it's not your cd drive. > it's probably your disks. > > if you *insist* without the possibility of error that it's not the > disks, it has to be a bug in suse's install program, and you should look > for updates. > > if you bought the boxed set, you NEED to contact suse. if the problem > really is some kind of hw compatibility (which i stress is very > unlikely), they need to be made aware of it. > > > pete > > > > On Sat 10 Apr 04, 2:12 PM, Jimbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > It appears that another OS can work on it. It has to be a compatibility > > issue of my motherboard or memory. > > > > This looks like a job for SUPER INSTALLFEST! (doing my best superman pose). > > > > I can always build another box w/ old motherboard and use that but darn!, I > > wanted to see how suse works on a top of the line setup. > > > > Jim George > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rod Roark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 11:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] installing suse linux 8.1 > > > > > > > On Friday 09 April 2004 11:39 pm, Jimbo wrote: > > > > Greetings: > > > > I am having a hard time installing suse on my newly built pc. I had > > sucessfully installed it many times before on my old pc. > > > > > > > > I have the boxed version of suse 8.1 professional. I load up via cd. > > It shows me various options to installing. I choose the top one > > (installation) which I have done in the past. Then it loads kernel. > > Screens pop up asking what language and type of keyboard. I hit enter on > > both occassions. Then, and this is where installation halts, a message pops > > up asking me to be sure that cd 1 is installed. I press enter for ok. Then > > a red box pops up and states that cd rom can not be mounted. > > > > > > > > I tried to go manual installation but same error. I have tried > > alternative installation disk 2 but same results. > > > > > > > > I have a P4 800mhz processor with 1GB memory and an intel motherboard. > > Thinking it might be my cd rom I changed it with my other one that was used > > to install suse before but same results. > > > > > > > > All cds are good/ not damaged. Googling just made me waste time. > > > > > > > > If someone can give me insight and direction I would be very grateful. > > > > > > If you are sure the CD is not damaged, then it sounds like > > > some kind of hardware incompatibility with Linux, or perhaps > > > a hardware defect. Is the CD drive IDE? What's the > > > motherboard? > > > > > > -- Rod > > -- > Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein > GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg > GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
