On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 01:53:37PM -0700, Rosa Edwards (rosa@arkansas.net) wrote:
>
>
> I need help getting Debian installed. I bought a book, "learning
> Debian/GNU Linux" by McCarty (O'Reilly Pub.) which included a
> CD with debian. In the instructions it told me to create a boot
> disk. I followed the instructions and created a boot disk. I
> booted the computer using the boot disk and it recognizes all
> 3 of my hard drives and my CD Rom and the floppy, and then I
> get these lines of text on the screen before I get error messages
> and my system freezes:
> IP protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
<...>
> MD Driver 0.36.6 Max_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> After the above lines telling what it recognizes about my system,
> I get the following message:
>
> NCR53c406a: No available ports found
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> At this point, my system freezes. My system specs are as follows:
> AMD Aflon 750 Mh CPU
> MSI Mainboard motherboard (AMD Aflon chips at base - designed
> for AMD Aflon processor)
> 128 Mg Ram
> 3 hard drives
> #1 Fujitsu 10.2G (This is going to be Linux HD #1)
> #2 Fujitsu 10.2G (Linux HD #2)
> #3 Maxtor 15G (Windows 98)
> 48x IDE CD-Rom
> PCI 128 16-bit 128 voice-wave table sound card
> SP-619 280 WT dot 3d AC/DC
> Video card = ATI XP 2000 32MB SDRAM Rage
> Modem = Gitan 56k vdot 90 ISA with voice INT R rockwell
> Mouse = Microsoft elite PS2
> Ethernet card = FA310 TX 10/100 PCI
> Monitor = AOC 7GLR 17 inch .25 dot pitch 1600 x 1200
> External DSL modem
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Any help or guidance in getting Debian installed will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Bob Edwards
>
> PS - I don't know if I'm right, but I get the idea that my system
> is hanging up during the auto-probe process. I would very much
> appreciate any input from anyone who has the time to help. Thanks,
Your suspiciouns regarding autoprobing sound on the mark to me.
I'd start by pulling any cards you don't immediately need, I suspect
your ethernet card, you might as well pull the sound card as well, just
to keep things simple. If the system boots, it's one or the other.
The BootPrompt HOWTO includes a section on autoprobing (find it at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/). For your card, you might try something like:
ncr53c406a=PORTBASE,IRQ,FASTPIO
...appended to your boot prompt. I forget exactly how to do that on the
install disk though -- does it use LILO? If so:
LILO: linux ncr53c406a=PORTBASE,IRQ,FASTPIO
...may do the trick.
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