Nazgulled Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 (edited) Hi, I'm havin this problem trying to install linuxe: The computer hangs in the very beggining of the installation, actually, I don't even reach to the installation screen. This is what I do: I insert CD1 into my dvd drive (I tried in the cd-rw drive but the result was the same) and then the computer boots from the cd, I'm presented with a menu with 2 options (F1 or ENTER) in wich I choose ENTER to start the installation... A black screen with a logo on the top left corner and with text scrolling down appears and after that I get to another black screen with 2 blue bars (on at the top and one at the bottom, the top one has yellow for text and the bottom one white)wich they say: Top bar: Welcome to Mandrake Linux (10.0) Mar 29 2004 10:17:15 Bottom bar: <ALT-F1> for here, <ALT-F2> to see the logs, <ALT-F4> for kernel msg. And now the computer is stoped and I can't do anything besides a reset... It doesn't matter what I press on the keyboard, nothing responds... How can this be fixed? I can tell you one more thing though... I tried to boot froma floppy instead and now I got a little bit far, on the same screen (the last one with the 2 bars) a few messages poped up in the center of the screen pretty quickly and then the bottom bar disappeared and the computer hanged. My computer specs are these: - P4 2.8 HT - MSI Neo2-LS - 2x256Mb DDR400MHz (Liner Mode) - GeForce 4 Ti 4200 AGP 8X 128Mb DDR If you need to know anything else, just ask, this was what I remembered of at the moment of typing... Edited May 4, 2004 by Nazgulled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Mandrake 10CE had an installer bug that was fixed with Mandrake 10OE. If you have CE, boot with the second cd, and when prompted, insert the first cd. Then the installation should proceed without errors. Other points to consider: Unplug any usb devices, unless they are a keyboard and mouse. Try hitting F1 at the prompt and typing "linux noapci nodma" Also, if you burned a download, did you do the md5sum? Use decent media to burn with? Try burning at a lower speed? Try some of these, and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgulled Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 (edited) I have Mandrake 10.0 Powerpack Official.... but just the first 3 cds... - Tried to boot with the second cd, now on the same screen a message appeared asking me from where did I want to install linux from, but the system hanged anyway. - I have 4 usbs devices conencted: Printer, Webcam, Mouse, Keyboard, I've unpluged the printer and webcam and still no sucess - Tried to typing "linux noapci nodma" in the F1 prompt but it also didn't work. md5sum is just to check the files right? I haven't donwloaded the file md5 but i'll tro and verify the files... The media sued to burn, I think it's good, I never had problems... Anyway, this was the settings I used to record the .iso images: - Write » ticked of course - Finalize CD (No further writing possible!) » ticked - Write Speed » 40x (6.000 KB/s) - Write method » Track-at-once - Number of copies » 1 » Justlink ticked =======EDIT======= just verifided the files with the md5 file and the ashes are correct... Edited May 4, 2004 by Nazgulled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Does your media support 40x writing? I have a 24x max cd burner, but I always burn at 12x and I never have any problems. Try turning the write speed down and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgulled Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 the media supports 52x write speed... what do you think burning in disc-at-once mode, would be better than track-at-once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 It might help. I'd still try at a lower speed than 40x, especially if that's your cd burners max speed. Try at half speed and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Yes, while my burner is a 24X, I never burn faster than 16X. Just for giggles, try a different media package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooch Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 i had this same problem when i installed mandrake 10 community last night, the problem was my usb mouse was hanging the installer. i just unplugged it and used a usb to ps2 adapter for the mouse and mandrake installed perfectly. by the way, been using 10.0 for 12 hours now and love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgulled Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 i had this same problem when i installed mandrake 10 community last night,the problem was my usb mouse was hanging the installer. i just unplugged it and used a usb to ps2 adapter for the mouse and mandrake installed perfectly. by the way, been using 10.0 for 12 hours now and love it. hum... I have an adapter for that... I might give it a try but I can't test it now... though I ahve one question for you... after the installation, you are using mandrake with the adpater on the mouser or without it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooch Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 (edited) im still using the adapter, haven't even thought of changing it back until you mentioned it, but i read somewhere that this bug only seems to occur during the installation, so you should be fine going back to usb after mandrake's installed. im not too keen to change my mouse between ps2 and usb on my box actually. i had a REAL problem with mandrake 9.1 not finding my mouse if i switched it between ports. Edited May 4, 2004 by gooch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgulled Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 well... I'll try and then report back something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgulled Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 I was able to pass the screen in wich the installation hang but I did not installed mandrake (yet) because I don't like the solution to my problem... I turned out that I can't have any usb device plugged in... I unplugegd the webcam and the printer than I used an adapater (as gooch said, thanks) for the mouse and other for the keyboard and the problem was gone... But I don't like that... what if I can't use mandrake propery after the installation? and that way the install will not detect my printer and/or webcam (don't know if the setup does anything about the webcam [even lmandrake] but I know about the printer cuz the last time I installed a linux system he asked something about my printer), but I want to use everything in usb... if anyones knows something... and gooch, if you can tell me if you can run mandrake without the adapter, would be nice ;) if you can, please test it, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgulled Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 ok never mind... I went into the bios and there was an option saying USB Legacy Drivers wich I had set to "All Devices" so I set it to "disable" and tryed once more and it worked... I couldn't click on enter to procced but I just waited a few seconds and it started... the mouse/keyboard only started to function when the setup initialized... I've set "All devices" again and I hope linux works that way... it is installed but haven't test it yet... Why? cuz now I have a new problem lol... more of that in a new topic to not mix things... thanks for all the help guys ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 An easy way to fix that problem with your mouse at install time is when you get the message stating "Press Enter to Install or Press F! for more options", Press F1. Then type linux expert and press return. That will force the installation program to probe your USB ports while loading the installation program. Worked for me and I was able to use my USB mouse during the install. If I didn't do that, it appeared that the mouse was frozen. I could still use my (USB) Keyboard, but not the mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgulled Posted May 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 that wouldn't work (at least for me), after the installation and the frist time I was starting mandrake... it got to a aprt saying something about usb controllers and the startup froze there... I know ahve the option for usb legacy drivers, disabled and 2 adapters in the mouse and keyboard... I'll leave like this for now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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