Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:41:18PM -0500 wrote: > I'm wondering why I've not received any responces. Am I on the right list?
it's the right list, I expect we just don't have any answers for you, I'll give it a shot. 0. maybe a bad hard drive? or at least buggy such that the linux driver can't handle it but the Win2k driver has a work-around? 1. try different kernel flavors, there are 4 for i386 (vanilla, compact, idepci and bf2.4) 2. examine boot messages looking for anything fishy. From the installation screen you should be able to create a file with a bunch of log messages if you have a floppy drive, you could mail that file ot this list. 3. if you have a floppy drive try booting off that with the cdrom removed, in case the cdrom and harddrive are conflicting. -David > > Gary Seven wrote: > > > I'm having a really tough time installing woody on a tyan tiger mp or > >mpx. No matter what what I do the install either: > >- detects no hard drives at all > >- finds the drives, but hangs during file system initialization > >- gets to the point of writing files onto the file system, then hangs > >part way thru. > > > >Oddly enough, I've had this same mother board, drives, drive > >controllers, etc running RH7.1; but now, neither RH7.3 or woody will > >install on the system (can't find the rh7.1 discs to re-try it). > > > >Win2K installs and runs just fine. Which sorta indicates that the > >hardware is fine. > > > >I've also tried different drive controllers. The system was originally > >running with two cd writers on the MB's primary and secondary ide > >channels and the drives on a 3ware ide raid card. However, I suspect > >that the file system performance was really poor and I want something > >to compare to; so I wanted to remove the ide raid card and test the > >file system with the one hard drive and cd writer on the MB's ide. > > > >For the installs with the pci ide cards I did use bf2.4. > > > >I've even changed MB's. The orginal MB was a tyan tiger MP purcahsed a > >year ago, second was a tiger MPX purchased recently. Am using DDR ECC > >memory. > > > >I've tried installing RH7.3 and woody under the following conditions, > >and both fail at one of the previously mentioned points: > >- hard drive on MB's primary ide, cd writer on MB's secondary ide > >- hard drives on promside pci ide controller (no raid) > >- hard drives on 3ware pci ide raid card, configured JBOD > >cd writes on MB's primary and secondary ide > > > >I've searched the mailing list archives high and low looking for > >problems that matched mine; but the only thing I've found was a post > >saying to use bf2.4 and one pointing to some other files to use: > > > >Peter, Try this one > >http://people.debian.org/~blade/boot-floppies/cvs/boot-bf2.4-with-basedebs.iso > ><http://people.debian.org/%7Eblade/boot-floppies/cvs/boot-bf2.4-with-basedebs.iso> > > > >This works for me on every think I have tried it in. > > > >Can't figure out what to do with this one: doesn't boot and neither do > >any of the images on it. > > > >Wont work with this crap without additional modules. See > >http://www.debian.org/~blade/install/preload/ > ><http://www.debian.org/%7Eblade/install/preload/>. > > > >This didn't help either; but it doesn't seem like I should need it if > >the hard drive is just on the MB's ide. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
