Timothy L. Miller
01-07-2003, 01:24 PM
Ok, I'm finally giving up solving my latest dilemna. It's getting to me big time.
Ok, I have copies of Libranet 2.7, YOS 3.2.1rc2, Gentoo 1.4rc2, Arch 0.4, and Knoppix 3.1. On my second computer (stats are in my sig), when I boot Arch, YOS, or Knoppix from CD to install/run, they boot from the cd, but then when it attempts to mount the cd, it fails. Libranet, Gentoo, and Windows do not have this problem, can go through an entire install without a single problem. I've managed to rule out the setup of the BIOS, and the drives as being the problem (the first drive is 52x cdrom, the second is an LG DVD-CD/RW combo). I don't remember having this problem with arch 0.3 though, which I believe installed just fine, with mostly the same hardware. Knoppix gives me some error about IDE-SCSI, whereas Arch simply gets "Device not ready" errors. I can't remember what errors YOS gives me. I'm thinking maybe they use different drivers for the cd rom at boot, and are having problems because the second drive is a burner and the first isn't. Does that sound possible? If needed, on motherboard, PM is hard drive, PS is empty, SM is CD-ROM, SS is DVD-CD/RW. I don't believe it's the cd-r's either, since they will ALL boot on my laptop or 3rd computer, and Knoppix has no problem running on either of those, or my freinds computer that is currently setting waiting to be repaired because XP hosed it's partition table. Also, Arch and YOS can install (arch without error) on the 3rd computer, and the 3rd computers only cd drive is the exact same LG DVD-CD/RW that I have as a second drive on my second computer. Thanks, any ideas would be greatly appreciated, I'd really like to get Arch running on this computer, and I wouldn't mind being able to install YOS also.
Ok, I have copies of Libranet 2.7, YOS 3.2.1rc2, Gentoo 1.4rc2, Arch 0.4, and Knoppix 3.1. On my second computer (stats are in my sig), when I boot Arch, YOS, or Knoppix from CD to install/run, they boot from the cd, but then when it attempts to mount the cd, it fails. Libranet, Gentoo, and Windows do not have this problem, can go through an entire install without a single problem. I've managed to rule out the setup of the BIOS, and the drives as being the problem (the first drive is 52x cdrom, the second is an LG DVD-CD/RW combo). I don't remember having this problem with arch 0.3 though, which I believe installed just fine, with mostly the same hardware. Knoppix gives me some error about IDE-SCSI, whereas Arch simply gets "Device not ready" errors. I can't remember what errors YOS gives me. I'm thinking maybe they use different drivers for the cd rom at boot, and are having problems because the second drive is a burner and the first isn't. Does that sound possible? If needed, on motherboard, PM is hard drive, PS is empty, SM is CD-ROM, SS is DVD-CD/RW. I don't believe it's the cd-r's either, since they will ALL boot on my laptop or 3rd computer, and Knoppix has no problem running on either of those, or my freinds computer that is currently setting waiting to be repaired because XP hosed it's partition table. Also, Arch and YOS can install (arch without error) on the 3rd computer, and the 3rd computers only cd drive is the exact same LG DVD-CD/RW that I have as a second drive on my second computer. Thanks, any ideas would be greatly appreciated, I'd really like to get Arch running on this computer, and I wouldn't mind being able to install YOS also.