9.1 Installation Lockup with GA7N400
Hi I have been running 9.1 without problems for some time but, due to a hardware failure, have had to replace my motherboard and hard disc. My hardware configuration is a Gigabyte GA 7N400 Pro 2 motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP2200+ CPU, Nvidia graphics card and 2 x Barracuda SATA discs. I am booting from CD and installing from another machine on my LAN by NFS, using the distribution downloaded from my local mirror. I have tried installation with 'Safe Settings', but still get the following problem: I boot from CD, load the kernel module for the network card (I've tried both the on-board one and also a PCI card), connect to the NFS server and start the installation. Any time after making the language selection, the system will lock up completely. This can be at any time from selecting the first kernel module (normally USB) through to partitioning my discs, although I've only ever managed to get there once. I'm pretty sure that I don't have any hardware faults, as I have tried booting and running Knoppix as a test. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Kadina Business Consultancy South Australia http://www.kbc.net.au
Hello Mathew. |... and 2 x Barracuda SATA discs. That's the problem. Your SATA controller is from Silicon Image (3512) and the Seagate SATA disks have problems with SiI-3512 (something like "... it don't change to the read/write mode" when you try to install your favourite distro. I needed 2 months to locate and solve the problem. Now I have 2 x Maxtor 200 GB in Raid 1 mode. Best regards. Ventura -- **************************************************************************** Grúas y Ttes. Hnos. Valderrábano, S.L. Pg San Jerónimo, Prc. 17 41015 - Sevilla (España) Telf.: +34954371128 Fax: +34954915777 **************************************************************************** Llave GNUpg 0x75F9AACA disponible en anillo pgp http://www.rediris.es/cert/servicios/keyserver/ **************************************************************************** El correo electrónico no firmado/encriptado no es seguro y puede no ser auténtico. Si tiene alguna duda sobre el contenido, por favor, telefonee para confirmarlo. La información contenida en este mensaje es confidencial y destinada exclusivamente para la/s dirección/es arriba indicada/s. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error o ha habido algún problema, por favor, notifíquelo inmediatamente al remitente. El uso no autorizado, revelación, copia o alteración de este mensaje está estrictamente prohibido. ****************************************************************************
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