Re: Re: Boot problem
On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 04:43:49PM +0100, bies@rz.onet.pl wrote:
> >Grzegorz Bieszczak <bies@rz.onet.pl> writes:
> >
> >> I am trying to install Debian 2.2 r0. While the first boot to start
> >> installation system hangs after the line:
> >> md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
[...]
> >Hardware conflict. Can you say "x86 is a crap architecture"?
> >
> >I suggest you try booting with the 2nd or 3rd CDs, which have kernels
> >more optimized for modern (PCI) hardware.
[...]
> After an attempt from 2nd CD I got additional
> message:
> sim710: No NCR53C710 adapter found.
> NCR reminds me of SCSI adapter, but I don't have
> nad SCSI device in my computer. Looks like Debian
> 2.2 requires a SCSI device to be present in the
> computer. Strange....
If you have read the documentation, you would know that there
are 4 'flavors' of kernels in Debian. One of them only has
drivers for SCSI drives, so you can't boot it on a IDE-only
system.
Try the idepci flavor.
regards
Marcin
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