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05-06-2001, 04:44 PM
HAVE A SOLUTION IN THE WORKS TO GET DEBIAN ON THIS COMPUTER... BUT WANTED TO PUT MANDRAKE 8.0 ON IT UNTIL THEN (HAD IT ON MY OTHER COMPUTER....)
NOW ON THIS ONE, IT BOOTS, AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO THE THE POINT IN THE BOOT PROCESS WHERE IT SAYS:
HIT "I" FOR INTERACTIVE BOOT OR WHATEVER, IT JUST SITS THERE... DOING NOTHING... @#$%!
WHY? WHY? WHY?
THE INSTALL WENT FLAWLESS... HAVE INSTALLED IT 4 TIMES TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS... ALWAYS INSTALLS WITHOUT A HITCH... THEN WILL NOT BOOT.
HERE IS MY COMPUTER:
AMD ATHLON 750MHZ, SLOT A,. GATEWAY KADOKA MBOARD
AUREAL VORTEX SOUND CARD
STB SOMEHTING... SAME AS RIVA 128 VIDEO
128m RAM
CNET PRO200 PCI FAST ETHERNET ADAPTER/ROAD RUNNER CABLE MODEM.... INTERNET CONNECTION.
30GIG ULTRA ATA 66 WESTERN DIGITAL HARD DRIVE
GATEWAY EV-700 MONITOR
...ONE WEIRD THING, THE INSTALL DOES DETECT MY NIC AS SOME OTHER CARD... NOT SURE WHY OR HOW TO STOP IT, OR EVEN IF THAT IS CAUSING SOME PROBLEM... JUST NOTICE THAT IT DOES...
ANY IDEAS ARE WELCOME... I WILL TRY ANYTHING... JUST PLAYING WITH IT REALLY... I CANNOT HURT ANYTHING...
BTW,. ALSO HAVE WINDOWS 98 ON THIS COMPUTER... HARD DRIVE IS PARTITIONED AS SUCH:
5GIG WINDOWS, THE REST FOR LINUX.
WHEN I USED THE PARTITION TOOL IN DRAKE TRIED THREE DIFFERENT SETUPS:
FIRST TIME: DEFAULT (/,SWAP,/HOME)
SECOND TIME: /,SWAP
THIRD TIME: /BOOT,/,SWAP
NONE OF THEM WORKED... BLA!!
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHILE I WAIT FOR DEBIAN??? SCHOOL IS OUT, I AM TAKING A BREAK FROM VISUAL C++, AND I DON'T GET MY EVALUATION COPY OF WINDOWS XP UNTIL JUNE (PLS DON'T FLAME ME, I JUST WANT TO PLAY WITH IT MOSTLY)...
IF I CANNOT GET IT WORKING, I WILL HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME ITRW[/B] :eek: :eek: :eek:
NOW ON THIS ONE, IT BOOTS, AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO THE THE POINT IN THE BOOT PROCESS WHERE IT SAYS:
HIT "I" FOR INTERACTIVE BOOT OR WHATEVER, IT JUST SITS THERE... DOING NOTHING... @#$%!
WHY? WHY? WHY?
THE INSTALL WENT FLAWLESS... HAVE INSTALLED IT 4 TIMES TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS... ALWAYS INSTALLS WITHOUT A HITCH... THEN WILL NOT BOOT.
HERE IS MY COMPUTER:
AMD ATHLON 750MHZ, SLOT A,. GATEWAY KADOKA MBOARD
AUREAL VORTEX SOUND CARD
STB SOMEHTING... SAME AS RIVA 128 VIDEO
128m RAM
CNET PRO200 PCI FAST ETHERNET ADAPTER/ROAD RUNNER CABLE MODEM.... INTERNET CONNECTION.
30GIG ULTRA ATA 66 WESTERN DIGITAL HARD DRIVE
GATEWAY EV-700 MONITOR
...ONE WEIRD THING, THE INSTALL DOES DETECT MY NIC AS SOME OTHER CARD... NOT SURE WHY OR HOW TO STOP IT, OR EVEN IF THAT IS CAUSING SOME PROBLEM... JUST NOTICE THAT IT DOES...
ANY IDEAS ARE WELCOME... I WILL TRY ANYTHING... JUST PLAYING WITH IT REALLY... I CANNOT HURT ANYTHING...
BTW,. ALSO HAVE WINDOWS 98 ON THIS COMPUTER... HARD DRIVE IS PARTITIONED AS SUCH:
5GIG WINDOWS, THE REST FOR LINUX.
WHEN I USED THE PARTITION TOOL IN DRAKE TRIED THREE DIFFERENT SETUPS:
FIRST TIME: DEFAULT (/,SWAP,/HOME)
SECOND TIME: /,SWAP
THIRD TIME: /BOOT,/,SWAP
NONE OF THEM WORKED... BLA!!
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHILE I WAIT FOR DEBIAN??? SCHOOL IS OUT, I AM TAKING A BREAK FROM VISUAL C++, AND I DON'T GET MY EVALUATION COPY OF WINDOWS XP UNTIL JUNE (PLS DON'T FLAME ME, I JUST WANT TO PLAY WITH IT MOSTLY)...
IF I CANNOT GET IT WORKING, I WILL HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME ITRW[/B] :eek: :eek: :eek: