On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 14:49, csj wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:50:12 -0400 > lketter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have a K7S5A that is locking on the CDROM boot of disk 1. It > > locks after the floppy detect when it starts to load the md driver > > (version 0.36.6 ). The DDR chip is the CE POWMEM 512MB 266MHZ, 184 > > pin.... It keeps locking constistantly at this point.... Do you have > > any suggestions? > > Since you asked for a suggestion and not a(n outright) solution, here > goes. Is this an ECS board? Get a kernel with SIS chipset support > enabled. You probably can't do this with the installer you now have. You > might need to build a custom one using your other computer. > > > I have been using Debian since the MAY 25,2000 Beta & have never > > seen a problem quite like this before.... > > <FUD> Yes, the SIS-based boards are quite amazing. </FUD>
My wife's PC has been using the same model board (don't know what rev), but with a 512MB SDRAM chip for 4 months with no problems. Used the idepci kernel to install with, and now run a custom 2.4.17 kernel. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea | | which could only have originated in California." | | --Edsger Dijkstra | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
