MadHattr Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 I went to install mandrake 9.2 today and it started to boot the cd and everything went fine but when it started to load i think it was the second stage right before the graphical install screen shows up it said there was a problem loading second stage ram disk i think it was and it asked me if my hardware was faulty or something. ive had this problem installing other copys of mandrake on other older systems but it has always worked on mine? anyone know what it might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuyo Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Don't leave any USB devices attached to the computer until you are passed that stage and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHattr Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 the only usb device i have is a mouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 What are your system specs? You need 64MB of ram to load the installer. Some laptop cdroms will crap out right at this point too. More info please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 B4 it happens, do; Ctrl>Alt>F1 Ctrl>Alt>F2 Ctrl>Alt>F3 Ctrl>Alt>F4 Ctrl>Alt>F5 and find the one with output and keep it there until the panic, and see if we can determine why. Also could try passing kernel parameters. F1 at the first screen> linux noapic or linux noapic acpi=off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHattr Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 ive looked at the kernel message and such before and all it said was that it couldnt load the second stage and basicaly it couldnt read it on the cdrom? how do i check if my bittolerent downloads are courupt isnt there some gpc key or something like that i can use to check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tuxthepenguin Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 bittorrent client uses better checking machanisims than the md5 keys mandrake gives out. The only way a bittorrent d/l can be corrupt is if Mandrake is seeding corrupt copies (unlikley, because it works for others). It's a hardware problem - 9.1 did this to me too, but 9.2 fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHattr Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 what can i do do to fix this problem i really want to get 9.2 installed as soon as possible? what hardware would it be that isnt working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Problem with ide chip (new mb) Problem with chipset (new mb) Problem with ram (run diagnostic to see which dimm is affected) Problem with processor (new processor) You could try to rearrange your dimm's. Sometimes a bad chip on a dimm will cause less trouble on a different slot. ( if that is the problem) For the other possible problems, diagnostic software is the ticket. There is a linux based free program, I'll have to look it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 http://www.memtest86.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avadis Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Do you have an LG CD ROM? If so, they are not supported by Mandrake 9.2. There is an advisory to the effect that Mandrake 9.2 installation may cause hardware damage to LG Cdroms. You can safely install (I did)Slackware 9.1 though, if you wish to run Kernel 2.4.22. Please wait until Mandrake clarifies this issue. Sincerely, A. Hacinliyan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oostanaula Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I've run into that on an older machine. To correct it, once the <Enter> or <F1> screen comes up, I hit F1. Then at the command line, type "linux ide=nodma" Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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