> Unless you received the same error message you do not have the same
problem.
>
> In Jason's case the system would boot the Mandrake CD but then the
installer
> could not find his CD-ROM drive, hence the hdb=cdrom telling the kernel
> where to look.
>
> If you are getting the "generic" ramdisk error try using a boot disk to
> start the
> installation or even boot the installation from DOS and see if that can
get
> you
> over the hump.
>
> Charles (-:
Unfortunately, the hdc=cdrom fix didn't work for me.
Well, actually it worked on one machine but not another.
With the one that didn't work I opened the box and switched
it to be a slave and tried to install again.
I got the same error.
With all the inconstistent results I am getting, I think it is a
hardware problem. All the machines have the same model CD-ROM,
but I think it is "no-name" brand. (I didn't think to look when
I had the box open.) Linux recognizes it as model LTN526S, but
that's all I can tell.
Anyway, I finally figured out how to do a NFS install, so it is no
longer a big worry.
Thanks for your help,
Jason Chaffey
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
