RE: Install Problem - Fails on Boot
On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, C. Falconer wrote:
> As for the booting problem... can you try poping out the sound card and
> modem in the meantime? This is more to rule out some possibilities rather
> than fix the problem.
I tried that and nothing changed, it still crashed in the same place. I
tried also to load Mandrake 6.1 which one time would not make the hard
drive bootable or create a boot floppy and the other time it crashed
copying files. I then tried Red Hat 6.1 which both times crashed at
various places in installing the packages. I don't know what EIDE
controller I have. I always had trouble with this computer with Windows95
which I always assumed to be windows, but maybe it is the computer. I
might try potato in a few days and see what that does. At least Debian
has been consistent in what step it fails on.
Any other suggestions on what could be causing the conflict?
> Could it be a Pentium 133? or a Pentium 166 MMX ? there were no MMX cpus
> lower than 166.
My mistake. It is a 166 with MMX. I also use a Pentium 133 that runs DOS
and I must have momentarily switched the numbers.
Thanks for the advice,
Janet
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> From: Janet R. Wendorf[SMTP:janet@radke.cchem.berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Monday, 5 June 2000 1:43 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Install Problem - Fails on Boot
>
> Hello,
>
> I am new to Linux and looking for some help. I am trying to load
> version 2.1 on a Pentium MMX 133. I can boot from the CD-ROM, it starts
> loading, spews some messages and hangs on the last message of:
> hdb: DF6910C(-D18)2, ATAPI CDROM drive
> and absolutely refuses to go any further. If I leave it for an hour or so
> the screen eventually goes black. I have a sound card, a modem, a video
> card, no other extras. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Janet
>
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