[KLUG Members] Install issues.

[Adam Bultman]

Here's how far I can get with various modes:

1.  normal:  I've died at several parts of the install.  Sometimes when
it's actually loading stuff onto the disk, sometimes when it's trying to
start anaconda (i.e. it will somehow come up with a parse error, or
something to that extent) or even when it's just trying to load the SCSI
drivers (cannot read superblock, bad magic).

I've disabled the AIC7890 on the motherboard (or rather, told it not to
use it-- RH still loads the driver, so it still sees it) and put in my
other SCSI cards: Adaptec 2930CU and a Symbios one.  They see all my
drives okay, and it boots into the install like the last one. I haven't
tried text or low-res yet, although I've failed with low res, too, and
the one time I tried text it crashed, so I wasn't sure it was a video
proble, or if the text option even existed.


The only thing that bothers me is the nice AWARD BIOS beeps I get
occasionally which basically point to "unknown error". Some web sites say
"CPU problem", others say it's other items, and to check this and that.
I'm not sure it's a CPU problem.  I've tried switching sockets, trying
one, the other. A myriad of different configurations.

I'm befuddled.  But, I'll keep trying.


-- 
Adam Bultman
adam@glaven.org
[ http://www.glaven.org ]


On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Wesley Leonard wrote:

> I've installed many times on that very same SCSI card and it seems to work OK.
>
> Have you tried using text mode on the redhat install?
>
> Does it puke at any particular place?
>
> l8er
>
> Adam Bultman wrote:
> >
> > Okay:
> >
> > Here's my new box:
> >
> > ASUS P2B-D w/dual 400's
> >
> > Adaptec aic7xxx SCSI host controller
> >
> > Plextor 12/20 SCSI CDROM
> >
> > Compaq 10k RPM Ultra160 drive (Device 0)
> >
> > Matrox Millennium Video Card
> >
> > 256 MB RAM
> >
> > Connor 8 GB Tape drive (travan)
> >
> > Optional: Ultra2 Barracuda
> >
> > Here's my problem: I can't get any distro of linux to go on it.  I did at
> > one point, but I can't anymore.  I've only tried redhat and slackware (7.2
> > and 8.0, respectively) yet and I'm wondering why. Slackware complains
> > about Trying to kill the idle process, RH just pukes.  I'm tring to find
> > out what my problem is.  I suspect the SCSI drive, although I had the SCSI
> > working earlier on another controller (and I haven't yet tried the other
> > controller, the Adaptec is on-board).
> >
> > Anyone had this before? I'm looking around for my debian (sigh) CD, and I
> > can't find it, so I can't try that. However, those two distros are pretty
> > much my favorites, so I'd like to go with one of them.  I'm going to try
> > different RAM in a jiffy here, but I'm wondering if someone has an idea
> > for me, or had this before.
> >
> > --
> > Adam Bultman
> > adam@glaven.org
> > [ http://www.glaven.org ]
> >
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