Barb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (14:23) : > I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several > other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd > love to know what that is and how to make it go away.
It was a bit tricky, but it can be done. what I did was that I had a Windows system disc that setup your CDROM so you can access the CDROM. Now after booting this disk I went into the install directory in the cdrom and wrote: loadlin.exe linpci root=/dev/ram ro initrd=root.bin cdrom then it boots up the installation. Others say that they have managed by getting the idepci boot discs. The second problem I got was the the kernel that is installed is a kernel with md again so the machine will again hang. What I did was the same as before using the window disc and then : loadlin.exe linpci root=/dev/ram ro initrd=root.bin cdrom now you start the installation again. Choose your keyboard setup and then hit Alt-F2 and Enter here you have a tiny bash and you can do things. What I did was to take a kernel I made on my other machine at the office and changed the lilo setup so that it uses this instead. (I copied this with a floppy) Then it booted up and I could install my files. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
