On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > >I am new to debian linux (not new to linux in general), and still trying to > >install debian 2.0. > > > >All kernels I tried to boot on my machine, hang after they found my CD-ROM > >drive (FreeBSD boots clearly) > > > >My setup is: > >ASUS SP98AGP-X > >K6-233 > >Adaptec 2940UW (rev 1.32) > >2 x SCSI hardisks > >IDE-CDROM > >128MB > >Diamon Fire GL1000PRO (AGP) > > > I have the same problem. I've tried to install RedHat 4.2/5.0, Debian > 1.3/2.0, Suse 5.1/5.2 and it never works. I've also tried with different > disks (all IDE): Master/Slave/Slave, Master/Slave, Master... and it always > stops in the same place: > hda:..... > hdb...... (which is the cdrom) > hdd..... > > My setup is > Pentium MMX 200 > 2xIDE harddisks (4.3 GB and 2.5) > 1 IDE cdrom drive > 64 MB > > I've asked this question in hundreds of places (including Debian lists) and > only had an answer about specifying hard disk parameters to LILO. I tried > it, but still stops in the same place. Because of this error, I can use > Linux only on a 386 (well with 20 MB RAM, 2.5 GB hard disk, but still a 386, > so I cannot flavour completely the power of Linux). > > Marcus, if you've got an answer from a different place, please tell me, > since sometimes I feel desperated for not being able to use Linux on this > machine, which would be a great thing.
Hmm... it might seem silly, but try putting a CDROM in the drive - my system took _ages_ until I did this - looking at the logs showed it was trying in vain to find a FS on the <empty> CD drive... Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
