mandrake v8 linux - HELP!! Trying to install...

[Ender510]

This is what I did so far. I created the boot disk, insert the floppy and CD into the drives.. went through the first steps of setup, defined the mouse, language, and chose to eerase the entire disk for clean install. THe next step is for the package listing to come up.. but that never does. What happens is the monitor light turns amber (instead of being green), so I basicaly lose video signal, keyboard lights go out, and all I hear is the power supply fan. I also cannot eject the CD or get ANY response at all and am forced to turn the machine off. Any idea anyone???

 

[nofuse]

Post the your entire system specs and we'll see what we can do

 

[Ender510]

Actually, my system reboots. Here are the details:

P2/266
192 megs of ram
30 GIG ATA/100 7200 RPM Maxtor HD
40x Toshiba CD Rom Drive
Maxtor ATA/100 Controller Card
Matrox G200 Graphics Card
Netgear Network Card 312
3.5 floppy

The HD and Toshiba CD rom are both hooked up to the maxtor controller card.

Any help???

 

[Chatterjee]

Hmm... i think the problem may be the CD-rom drive connected to the controller card OR the controller card itself.

Have you tried your system without the controller card hooked up? I'm not saying this is the only way into Linux but just to troubleshoot.

-S

 

[Ender510]

No I haven't.. so maybe I should try the install and only have the CD ROm Drive hooked up to a separate channel, on the mobo by itself and then have the HD on the controller card? Then try both on it? I hope it'll work w/ just the CD Rom Drive on the mobo's ATA/33. I wouldn't want to lose the ata/100 abaility of the HD. What do u think?

 

[Ender510]

No I haven't.. so maybe I should try the install and only have the CD ROm Drive hooked up to a separate channel, on the mobo by itself and then have the HD on the controller card? Then try both on it? I hope it'll work w/ just the CD Rom Drive on the mobo's ATA/33. I wouldn't want to lose the ata/100 abaility of the HD. What do u think?