RE: [expert] Master vs slave and booting LM8 CD

[Robert Jewell]

I'm having the same problem.. your solution doesn't work.. it just fixed hdb back to empty.   i've tried plugging the cdrom in as slave and master.   i'm totally befustered.   it's a duron600, FIC board.   it stop while playing with a ramdisk.  what could possibly be wrong there?         >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chaffey, Jason >> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:21 PM >> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> Subject: [expert] Master vs slave and booting LM8 CD >> >> >> Hi. >> >> I have started upgrading some of the linux boxes at work and have >> come across an interesting problem. Booting up the LM 8.0 install >> CD has worked on only about half the machines so far. >> >> The interesting thing is that the machines that booting actually >> worked on had the cdrom as the secondary slave. If the cdrom >> was the secondary master, it would crash during the second stage. >> Here is what I see: >> >> Please wait: Trying to access a CDROM disc (drive LTN526S) >> >Error! Could not open compressed ramdisk file >> (/tmp/image/Mandrake/base/mdkint_stage2.bz2). >>   (press <enter> to proceed) >> >> error in exec of stage 2 :-( >> FATAL ERROR IN STAGE 1: No such file or directory >> >> Does anyone have a quick fix for this (without me having to open >> the box)? >> > >Jason > >I have a maybe fix that you can try. >At the installation splash screen press F3 and at the boot prompt enter: >linux hdb=cdrom and press enter. > >This assumes that you wish to run the install in graphics mode and that you >only have 1 device connected to your 1st ide channel. >The parameters can be changed as necessasary for your actual setup. > > >Charles  (-: > >Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. >