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Cannot install Mandrake!

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Hanzou

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Her eis my problem. When Lilo loads up and i press Enter to insall Mandrake, i get a black screen and it freezes, with all my keyboard lights freezing. I have tried installing under different modes(linux, expert etc.) and nothing is working. Now if I remeber correctly, The place where it freezes is where it begins to scan for your hardware. i have tried the "noauto", and it still freezes. Can anybody help me?
 
Are you saying that it freezes during the actual install process, or do you install it, then it freezes on the reboot?
 
Based on what you've told, it seems like our deal ol' kernel panic (ights blinking...). However, I agree with Astaroth33... need more info .. 🙂
 
Ok, i havnt installed it yet. I am booting from the CD so i can install it for the first time. when the boot loader thingy comes up, and i press enter to go into the installation process, it freezes at a black screen with my keyboard lights flashing. whats the problem? Is it freezing at the auto detect hardware phase?
 
Try reburning the cd at a lower speed. That always seems to help, especially with mandrake isos. BTW, do you get any error messages or something?
 
Originally posted by: Hanzou
Ok, i havnt installed it yet. I am booting from the CD so i can install it for the first time. when the boot loader thingy comes up, and i press enter to go into the installation process, it freezes at a black screen with my keyboard lights flashing. whats the problem? Is it freezing at the auto detect hardware phase?
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Hmm. Do you have any "non-standard" hardware? My thinking is that you might have a corrupted CD. If you've got the time and the bandwidth, try downloading and burning a new copy.
 
Have you tried pressing Alt+F3/ Alt+F4 during the install process (before the installation process actually begins , i.e the licence agreement, etc..)?
You will find a host of messages on these screens which might provide some information.
Can you type out the last few lines of both of these (just before the point where the install freezes)?
 
Have you tried pressing Alt+F3/ Alt+F4 during the install process (before the installation process actually begins , i.e the licence agreement, etc..)?
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This is the thing, I don't even get to this step. I boot from the CD, it asks to prees ENTER to install Mandrake, or press F1 for help. I press Enter, it goes to a blck screen, and freezes, leaving only my keyboard lights flashing. If i remeber right, where it freezes is where the auto detection of hardware is supposed to take place. i have unpludded My USB devices but the same thing happens. Oh, Im downloading another copy from a different Mirror, although i dont think that is the problem. Guess we'll see.
 
Originally posted by: Hanzou
Have you tried pressing Alt+F3/ Alt+F4 during the install process (before the installation process actually begins , i.e the licence agreement, etc..)?
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This is the thing, I don't even get to this step. I boot from the CD, it asks to prees ENTER to install Mandrake, or press F1 for help. I press Enter, it goes to a blck screen, and freezes, leaving only my keyboard lights flashing. If i remeber right, where it freezes is where the auto detection of hardware is supposed to take place. i have unpludded My USB devices but the same thing happens. Oh, Im downloading another copy from a different Mirror, although i dont think that is the problem. Guess we'll see.
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www.suprnova.org has torrent files that boot on my system..
 
Got a new version, still didnt work. hmmmm.....

Edit: getting the 9.2 Torrent files, but they are going really slow, like 10kbps:disgust:

Edit#2: Disc 2 appears to be down.:frown:
 
Try turning off acpi support.

At the lilo prompt their should be a way to enter kernel stuff.... make it like: (assuming linux is a kernel name)
linux acpi=off

then try that. I am sorry i can't be more specific, I don't use mandrake. If their is a safe boot up mode do that.

ACPI support does bad things to buggy hardware, especially during hardware detection phases
 
Originally posted by: drag
Try turning off acpi support.

At the lilo prompt their should be a way to enter kernel stuff.... make it like: (assuming linux is a kernel name)
linux acpi=off

then try that. I am sorry i can't be more specific, I don't use mandrake. If their is a safe boot up mode do that.

ACPI support does bad things to buggy hardware, especially during hardware detection phases
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I have already tried turning off ACPi and it did not help. From what I can tell, there is no safe boot.
 
well maybe try these then:
linux ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=normal nosmp maxcpus=0 disableapic 3
 
Is it safe to presume that you ran the checksums on your ISOs? Does BitTorrent have that kind of thing built-in like jigdo?

-SUO
 
Downloading Mandrake 9.2 RC2 thro bittorrent. Will give it a spin before I buy the 9.2 'official' version.
Its taking too long though.
18 hours and counting..(on DSL)
 
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