Re: Re: Re: Boot problem
>On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 04:07:05PM +0100 , Marcin Owsiany wrote:
>> 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.
>
>never mind. this is kernel autodetection. If you don't have this one, you
>can sefely ignore this
>
>> > 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
>
>No. The standard one has almost all SCSI drivers, but the others don't.
>
>> drivers for SCSI drives, so you can't boot it on a IDE-only
>> system.
>
>yes, you can.
>
> Petr Cech
The problem is that I can't even get into installation
program to choose kernel. System hangs during
the very first boot from the installation CD
before running anything but boot procedure. Is there
any way to find the reason and install the system?
Greg
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