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| Thread ID: 39256 | 2003-10-31 21:11:00 | Bloody Linux! | yorick (4256) | Press F1 |
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| 188265 | 2003-11-05 04:48:00 | > Howdy Yorick, > > You mentioned that you succeeded in installing > Mandrake on a different computer. Perhaps the CD > drive needs to be relocated onto a different ide. > This has sometimes worked for me :) Yup tried that, no luck, same deal. I'm actually wondering if there may be a problem associated with the RAM. The problem always occurs while creating the RAM Disk. I've got 512 megs on this Box. Anyone know of any conflicts with types of RAM chips or anything like that. As you can see from the log it's reading the RAM correctly, just not creating the RAM disk > > The other way (and perhaps easier :D ) would be to > install linux on the other computer and then do a > network install via nfs. You did mention that you had > a spare hard drive :) Yep, I was intending to run it on a seperate HD altogether. My windows HD is a 40 gig and I have a blank 4 gig HD onto which I was going to put the OS. The idea being that once things were installed and running successfully to unload the Windows in the main drive and use the 4 gig as the /home directory. But first I want to get it running before I take that drastic step. :) How do I go about the nfs install. I've got network cards in both boxes, but I'm a networking ignoramus. :) Yo |
yorick (4256) | ||
| 188266 | 2003-11-05 04:50:00 | > have you tried 9.1 or 9.2? Yup, tried 9.1 with the same result. I stuck with 9.0 at this point because of the bundled software that was with it and because I had a successful install already with that. |
yorick (4256) | ||
| 188267 | 2003-11-05 04:53:00 | I'm downloading VectorLinux 4.0 at the mo to try that out and see if a different distro works. | yorick (4256) | ||
| 188268 | 2003-11-05 05:02:00 | or try redhat | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 188269 | 2003-11-05 05:14:00 | The NFS idea would require youto install the linux distro onto one of your computers and set up a private IP address during that set-up. Something along the lines of 192.168.0.1 :) and "name.myplace.net" As you are using Mandrake you can it's management wizard from the GUI which is probably the easiest option. You would want to either load the entire distro onto the hard drive and create an NFS share or just make the cdrom drive the NFS share for 192.168.0.2 Creat the network boot disk image and stick it in the troublesome computer. This will give you the option to use NFS or (possibly) http etc. So you select the NFS and type in the address 192.168.0.1 and it will also ask for the location of the share. Something along the lines of name/media/cdrom or name/dev/cdrom Sorry I can't be more precise, but I'm not to sure where Mandrake locates the cd drive. ?:| HTH a bit more :) |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 188270 | 2003-11-05 05:19:00 | Whoops :8} Forgot to mention that the network install will ask you for an IP address for the second installation and for the second computer you will want to make it 192.168.0.2 so that it can share the cd-rom. Sorry about that! |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 188271 | 2003-11-05 05:36:00 | Vector linux is based on Slackware IIRC, and is designed to be fast on all machines. AFAIK it doesnt use rpm's (Not fully like MDK or RH) and so you'll have to look into .tgz slack binaries... Just a minor note, but something that got me when my rpm's didnt work (Even though I only had three I wanted, coz I do source installations mainly.. works better ;-)) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 188272 | 2003-11-08 20:24:00 | Finally found a work around . Bloody messy but it seems to have worked all the same . I ended up installing on a HD on another machine, then transferred that HD into the troublesome one and reconfigured all the bits and pieces during boot up . A few issues that raised themselves . Small issue with USB but that was sorted easily . Linux refused to boot unless it was ide0 obviously because I installed it as a single HD on the other machine but not really a problem it just meant that the MDK HD had to be the Primary master . Lilo wasn't configured for two HDs when I installed but I had Boot magic on the Windows HD so I reset the bios to boot from HDD1 (the windows HD) which brings up boot magic and allows me to select the OS from there . As I said; a bit messy, but it functions! Now all I have to do is configure all the hardware . . . . and the modem . Thanks for all the help . Interestingly I posted the same issue on a number Linux help forums and none gave me the same amount of assistance as I got here . On one it didn't even raise a single reply . All Hail "PressF1" Cheers Yo |
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