Another Mandrake 9.0 Install prob.

[Guest Geek]

Hello,

 

I have searched the old boards and this one and my problem is a wee bit different than all that I have found.

 

After much searching and trying out Windex compatible Linux proggies, I settled on Mandrake for the "partitioned install".

 

She actually goes pretty smooth (other than the XFree86 fubar we read about here) up until it hits the networking. Absolutely no networking package installs and even if I pass on it all and get to the bootloader, it can't get passed at all due to the error "Cannot make initrd".

 

I'm a fair Windex guru, but have only manually compiled two Linux kernels successfully, so I'm still a wannabe there ;)

 

Here is what I have done:

 

- Checked the Mandrake .iso files with MD5sums before burning. All OK.

- Checked the disks several times for errors. All OK.

- BIOS is configured with UDMA and SMART off (tried both ways anyway).

- Tried a "clean BIOS" with all but the bare IDE, ATAPI and Floppy adapters off.

- Have two CDROM drives, tried using both.

- Summary seems to find all my hardware fine, just crashes on the network package install and 'make initrd'

 

Here's my innards:

 

- Asus P7V Mobo

- 128 MB RAM

- Fujitsu 30GB, 7200 RPM HD (can't remember model)

- SiS900 ethernet chip

- Cyrix P-III, 700MHz

 

Any help is appreciated :D

[Guest flare]

According to this link http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/int...cl-i.ld-11.html

The ethernet adapter is a tier 3 supported device. Saying it should work but they wouldn't support it.

 

and this guy has reported the same problem, https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/psyche...ber/000380.html

 

 

sorry I don't have a solution but these might point you in the right direction.

[Guest Geek]

Thanks for the info :D

 

Fortunately Asus and SiS have posted on their sites that their 9xx chipsets are compatible with kernel's 2.4.x :)

 

Now to figure out why initrd won't compile.... :?