Hi, Peter,
It doesn't seen to be a floppy problem but the md-driver seems to hang.
Ciao
Andreas Loosen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Iannarelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 11:28 AM
> To: Rodrigo Moya
> Cc: Debian User List
> Subject: Re: md driver problem
>
>
> hello Rodrigo:
>
> I've never seen problems with a floppy before. Thats a good one.
>
> Try booting a DOS floppy if you can to see what happens.
>
> Try resetting the CMOS to the manufacturers defaults. You may also
> try removing the two hard drives on your second IDE chain for the install.
> You can reconnect and initialize them once your up and running.
>
> First - check your physical connections. You never know, something may
> have shaken loose.
>
> Assuming the FD controller is on the motherboard, you may want to
> go to the manufacturer web site as see if there is a firmware update
>
>
>
> Peter.
>
>
>
> Rodrigo Moya wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I've been trying to install Linux (Suse, Debian, RedHat...) in
> a Pentium MMX
> > 200 with 3 hard disks and a cdrom, but with either
> distribution, the boot-up
> > process hangs up in the same place (never mind whether started
> from DOS boot
> > disk, Linux boot disk, cdrom...). This is the output I get:
> >
> > ................
> > hda: Maxtor 90432D3, 4121MB w/256 cache, CHS=8374/16/63
> > hdb: SAMSUNG WINNER-3 WN32543A(2.5GB), 2423MB w/109kB cache,
> > CHS=4924/16/63
> > hdc: ST3290A, 249MB w/64kB cache, CHS=1001/15/34
> > hdd: MATSHITA CR-585, ATAPI CDROM drive
> > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1ft,0x3f6 on irq14
> > ide1 at 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15
> > no cont in shutdown
> > floppy0: FDC access conflict
> > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> > trying to lock fdc while usage count = 0
> > floppy0: no floppy controllers found
> > md driver 0.35 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
> >
> > Of course I've got a floppy disk controller. I've tried
> disabling it but the
> > results are the same. I would appreciate any help because now I've been
> > trying to install linux in this computer for almost six months
> and in the
> > meanwhile I have to use linux on a 386.
> >
> > Please help me!!!!
> >
> > Regards
> >
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