 | | | Installation Probs - arghhh!!! | Installation Probs - arghhh!!! 2004-01-25 - By Jeff
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Guys
Im still having problems with this. I found a semi-official BIOS that
'supposed ' to fix loads of issues. Ive (reluctantly) flashed the BIOS but
the problem 's still there. I also downloaded Fedora to see if the problem
was to do with my disc or old drivers - still the same.
Ive noticed that I dont always get the same errors nor does it crash/hang
at the same point during installation. I even got as far as formatting the
HDD but it crashed out just before it starting installing RPMs. Sometimes
the machine will just reboot and other times it will give errors when
starting anaconda relating to gibc. Ive tried everything i can think of
and the only thing I can think of is the RAM but Ive tried 1/2/3 sticks at
a time and they all pass memtest.
Im also pretty sure that the problem is not heat related.
I also found out the IDE controller, its a HPT366 controller -I think it
does RAID also - any known problems under linux?
I 'm getting really frustrated - can someone point me in the right
direction?
Jeff
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:25:54 -0000, Jeff <jeff@(protected) > wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Ive just got hold of a new box and Im having problems installing RH on
> it. It boots from the CD, loads the kernel and reboots itself anywhere
> between loading /sbin/loader, 'do you want to do a media check ' or the
> next screen (havent seen it long enough to read it).
>
> At first I thought it was the RAM but Ive stripped out all but 32MB, run
> a memtest86 (no errors found) and the problem remains. I 've fiddled with
> some of the settings in the BIOS but nothing 's made any difference. Its
> not the CD - I have tried RH9, 8 and 7.
>
> Its a dual CPU mobo and 2 onboard IDE controllers - should that make any
> difference?
>
> Its an Abit BP6 Mobo with the latest BIOS -
>
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/uk/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=BP6&fMTYPE=Socket+370
>
> I already stripped out everything except the GFX card and 32MB RAM.
>
> As a test I have just installed Win2k and it worked - no problems at all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
> Jeff
>
>
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