Have tried to install 10.1 three times. 1. Was told there was a problem with install CD#1 (I had included to install the add-ons from CD#6) and it seemed to install ... but quit at the end of CD#1 saying the file needed was missing. 2. Got around that by using Safe Install (and excluded install of addons). It began to boot and the little revolving circle of dots went for awhile and then quit. 3. Did yet a third new install. When booting it gets to the splash screen - but there is no revolving circle of dots ... just a frozen screen. Suggestions? StephenW
On 5/18/06, StephenW
Have tried to install 10.1 three times. ... Hi Stephen, can you share with us the HW configuration of your PC? That may help... Also, is it a new installation or an upgrade? Any success installing Linux on this same system before?
<possibly lame advice> I've had similar problems when trying to install onto low memory (128MB RAM and even 256MB RAM) systems. The workaround that I can suggest (worked for me, so...) is: 1. start in RESCUE mode 2. partition/format the hard disk manually (must have some proficiency with fdisk) 3. don't forget to enable the swap space (mkswap, swapon) 4. reboot and try normal installation. In my experience this has made the installation possible (twice), and it only takes a few mins to test. My hope is that the installation program recognizes the swap space and utilizes it. Good luck, -mw
--- Mello
On 5/18/06, StephenW
wrote: Have tried to install 10.1 three times. ... Hi Stephen, can you share with us the HW configuration of your PC? That may help... Also, is it a new installation or an upgrade? Any success installing Linux on this same system before?
System Info: Asus A7N8X-Deluxe MotherBoard AMD Barton chip (1.4 GHz) 1 Gig RAM 160 Gig HD New install Yes, I have successfully run: Suse 8.1 & 9.0, RedHat 9.0, Mepis 3.3
<possibly lame advice> I've had similar problems when trying to install onto low memory (128MB RAM and even 256MB RAM) systems. The workaround that I can suggest (worked for me, so...) is: 1. start in RESCUE mode 2. partition/format the hard disk manually (must have some proficiency with fdisk) 3. don't forget to enable the swap space (mkswap, swapon) 4. reboot and try normal installation.
In my experience this has made the installation possible (twice), and it only takes a few mins to test. My hope is that the installation program recognizes the swap space and utilizes it.
I have done manual partitioning -- but, I am not expert nor comfortable doing it. Never have been sure I did it right. I will give it a go - can't be any worse than it is now... :-) StephenW
On Thursday 18 May 2006 17:30, StephenW wrote:
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe
Hi Stephen, Have you checked the Asus website to confirm you're running the latest BIOS for that board? http://usa.asus.com/index.aspx Note: use the 'download' link at the very top of the page, then search for "A7N8X" in the product number field and select "manual" in the 'category' drop-down list. It looks like those boards were first released around early 2003. There have been several BIOS updates since then pertaining to things like SATA/SCSI boot selection being enabled, 'stability' fixes for certain memory modules, improved/expanded cpu support, etc., so it's definitely worth a look. It'd be a good idea to confirm the revision number of your board first since the updates they're offering are revision specific. I'd also look at things like a marginal power supply (has adding a new high capacity drive recently pushed it over the margin?) and loose connections and/or poor quality cables. Memory quality is extremely important, but that's probably not an issue if you've successfully run all those other distributions on the current hardware platform. Also, there is an extensive list of kernel boot parameters in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt that you can use to 'shape' things like acpi and apic and irq polling, etc. The fact that you made more headway installing in 'failsafe' mode is a good clue. Maybe you can experiment with fine-tuning some of these parameters? Finally, while you're experimenting/troubleshooting, each time you've booted a kernel... either the installed system or when running the installer (uses an installation kernel)... check out the alternate consoles for command line prompts (F4 during installation) and kernel messages (F10 in a normal running system... I forget which one during installation.) These can be great sources for feedback and/or even 'poking around' for clues from the command line when you run into difficulties. hth & regards, Carl
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