Hay all: I think md is for the ramdisk. how much memory is available ?
Peter Andreas Loosen wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
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