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  1. I just installed mdk 9.0... But I can't access my cdrom/floppy drive... They aare not in my /dev/ I can't mount them... What should I do?
  2. The HD is IDE... I'm gonna try to pass the option tonight (I'm at school)
  3. This happens when I try to install For now, there is only one big fat32 partition (empty) on the HD...
  4. I have this problem when trying to install Slackware and vectorlinux: Error message: (last lines before freeze) : LVM version 1.0.5+ (22/07/2002) : NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 : IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP : IP: Routing cache hash table of 512 buckets , 4KBytes : TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 16384) : NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 /SMP for linux NET4.0. : VFS: Cannot open root device " " or 03:08 : Please append a correct "root=" boot option : Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:08 My computer: - ASUS P3B-F - Pentium III 500mhz - Lite-on cdr 48/24/48 - Vibra 16x soundblaster card - Riva TNT2 - 128megs of ram - Quantum fireball CX13.0A
  5. I just bought a liteon 48x/24x/48x (CD-RW) Does it works with mandrake 9.1?
  6. I tried the cdrom drive on another comp and it works...
  7. Dos would have to work... As I said there's nothing on the hard drive and no bootable cd want to boot...
  8. My motherboard is an asus p2b-f It starts to boot from the hd and freezes after writing grub Also, I don't have any floppy drive and no other os installed... I formatted the partition but not the mbr...
  9. More answers! Does the computer boot with anything, like a (shudder) msdos boot floppy? -nope When you say the bios is ok, what does it say you have on your ide ports? Will it auto detect correctly? How much ram does it think you have? Did you flash it recently? -It auto-detects correctly, 128 megs, and no never flashed it Did you have any unusual problems prior to upgrading, like programs suddenly acting wierd, or the system slowing down over time? -No, I don't think so... I don't think it's hardware because It's been long since I made modifications to my comp (swapping hd or anything)
  10. list of answers: Do you have plug and play turned off in the bios? -Nope Did you do a md5sum check on the disks? -Yup Is you system overclocked? -Nope Do the mandrake disks work in another computer? -Yup At what point in the install did it stop and what error messages did you get? -At first it was when installing packages, Now nothing happens (The cds do not boot)... Did you get the same errors from all the distro's? If not then check your memory chips, sometimes if they are bad(even just a little)they can stop the install at different times.Windows is far more forgiving than linux is concerning hard ware. If the mem chips are definately good them run a check on the hard drive for the same reasons. -The cds do not boot Make sure the jumper pins are set correctly on the back of the drives. Windows sometimes works with the pins set wrong but linux will not. Never have them set to' cable select' always try to use the 'master/slave' settings. -Already checked If you got all the way to installing grub then it froze then just try using the install disk to do a recovery and reinstall the boot loader. -The cd doesn't boot... I thing that grub is from the last install Post back with any errors your finding and the results of your efforts.
  11. My cdrom is not dead... I already tried other cds... ... I even tried my windoze cd!!!
  12. I was installing mandrake 9 (my comp was running mdk 8.1) and the install froze... I restarted the comp and grub loaded but froze I tried to restart the installation but the cd do not boot (I also tried my mdk8.1 cd, slackware cd, knoppix cd, Redhat, ... but nothing works) I checked the bios but everything seems right My comp is: -500 mhz pentum III -128 megs of ram -nvidia tnt2 -quantum fireball hd -Creative cd drive Could someone help me to get my comp working?
  13. I think it worked (the install started...) Thanks
  14. My system is: HD: quantum fireball CX Processor: 500 mhz pentium III Ram: 128 meg Video card: Riva TNT2 CD-Rom Drive: Creative MotherBoard: Asus P3B-F I think that's all...
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