Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] [OT] interesting installation problem
From: Lincoln A. Baxter (lbaxter_AT_netreach.net)
Date: Tue Dec 11 2001 - 03:09:41 EET
Without question... reformat (low level) the drive, and repartion.
The RH distro, gives you that option as part of the standard install.
Take it, especially if you do not care about the old software. It gives
one a change to layout the File system the way you want. Also make sure
(if this is not obvious) that the boot partition is within the 1024
cylinder limit... etc. etc.
Remove all the cards but what is absolutely necessary (including sound
cards) to have a working system... then try again. (It the old eliminate
variables technique). Then add the cards back in. Seems strange...
I have some old gateways (MUCH older) running RH just fine. Went from RH 6.0 to
7.0 to 7.1
with no problem. Will probably go to 7.2 this Xmas.
I don't know if I've helped... but Good luck.
Lincoln
Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I'm trying to help a friend set up his first Linux system, and I've
> run into a problem I haven't seen before.
>
> The machine is a Gateway Reman BTO K7 950 Oxnard (according to
> Gateway's spec sheet). It has a TNT2 video chipset, an SBLive Platinum
> soundcard, and 128 megs RAM. It was previously configured for Windoze
> ME. My friend attempted to install Mandrake 7.2 by himself, but soon
> gave up.
>
> So far I have gone through the entire installation routines for RedHat
> 6.2, Mandrake 7.2, and Mandrake 8.0. Each time the install goes
> flawlessly, and each time the reboot fails in some unique manner. After
> installing Red Hat the reboot takes me as far as the login prompt, but
> after entering the user name it cycles back to the login (i.e., it never
> gets to the password prompt). After installing Mandrake 7.2 the reboot
> goes into an endless loop of rebooting. A cryptic "stage 1 stage 2 line
> 127 failed" message is all I see for an error dialog, and Deja news
> contained only a single post regarding that error. Alas, the poster was
> a newbie and could not tell me how he eventually resolved the problem. I
> found nothing on Mandrake's site regarding such an error. Mandrake 8.0
> simply dies on reboot, stalling with a kernel panic.
>
> I've checked the system BIOS, nothing looks amiss there, but I'm truly
> stuck. My next step, barring any other information from this group, will
> be to reformat the hard drive and start all over again. I seem to recall
> reading that NT/ME systems are extremely hostile to other OS's sharing a
> drive, but I'm not trying to do that. My friend wants the machine to be
> Linux-only, non-networked, and optimized for Linux sound and music
> software.
>
> My apologies for posting a message that should really go to
> comp.os.linux.setup, but my DSL provider's newsgroups are down (and have
> been since Sept 11) and I can't seem to post to the free groups.
>
> So, has anyone experienced/resolved a similar problem ? Any and all
> assistance will be vastly apreciated !
>
> Best regards,
>
> == Dave Phillips
>
> The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
> The Linux Soundapps Site at http://sound.condorow.net
>
> Currently listening to: Ravi Shankar, "Prabhujee"
>
>
>
>
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