Re: Install Problem - Fails on Boot
Call me paranoid, but if you had "known working" ones, you could change the
IDE ribbon cables.
Glyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Hoffmann" <jxh@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
To: "Janet R. Wendorf" <janet@radke.cchem.berkeley.edu>
Cc: "C. Falconer" <criggie@ihug.co.nz>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org>;
<jxh@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: Install Problem - Fails on Boot
>
> Is it possible that you have your CD-ROM connected to the first IDE
channel
> (hence on the same as your harddisk)? I would put the CD-ROM on its one on
the
> second
> channel. I don't think that this would cause your computer to crash but
you
> can try it
> anyway. Maybe there is something wrong with your IDE controller?
>
> Jo
>
> > > 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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