On Wednesday 26 July 2006 21:01, Ken Jennings wrote: <snip>
Then I tried the Installation with SAFE options. Whaddya know, but that worked. Does anyone have an idea what option with the SAFE options fixes the installation's media drive forgetfulness? I figure it's probably going to have to be added to the finished grub boot options when this installation is finished.
Thanks.
More than likely its the apm=off and acpi=off parameters. Theory is that the mainboard's acpi isn't quite right. Did you get all the latest BIOS and firmware updates for this machine and its components and apply them? Does the BIOS recognize the devices correctly before you boot to the install media? As far as the DVD/CD issues go, you said you set the DVD to slave. Is the HDD set to master then? HDD at the end of the cable, DVD in the middle, mainboard controller at the other end of the cable? If yes, have you tried setting the HDD and the DVD to Cable Select and leave them in their positions on the cable? Does the mainboard have 2 IDE controllers? Have you tried separating the HDD and DVD to different controllers and set each as master of its own cable? Do you have other IDE cables to try? Stan -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com