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03-02-2003 01:49 PM
03-02-2003 01:49 PM
COMPAQ PRESARIO 1516US RedHat Installation
I would like an answer from someone who has installed RedHat 8.0 on a Compaq Presario 1516US laptop...
while enlessly trying, reformating, and creating partitions, i have not yet been able to get passed a freeze when the installation is initially checking for the:
Partition Check:
hda:
the check reaches this point and the cursor will blink at the hda check for eternity if you leave it on that long.
At first i thought it had something to do with the NTFS formatting of the drive, so i tried FAT32 on the boot partition on C:/ w/no avail.........
im using PartitionMagic 7.0 Pro to create a 10G partition and a 500Mb swap
please help!!!!
while enlessly trying, reformating, and creating partitions, i have not yet been able to get passed a freeze when the installation is initially checking for the:
Partition Check:
hda:
the check reaches this point and the cursor will blink at the hda check for eternity if you leave it on that long.
At first i thought it had something to do with the NTFS formatting of the drive, so i tried FAT32 on the boot partition on C:/ w/no avail.........
im using PartitionMagic 7.0 Pro to create a 10G partition and a 500Mb swap
please help!!!!
"when all else fails; get sleep."
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03-02-2003 03:24 PM
03-02-2003 03:24 PM
Re: COMPAQ PRESARIO 1516US RedHat Installation
I suspect this means Red Hat is having trouble correctly identifying your IDE. Many laptop owners find they have to use a kernel parameter idebus=50 or idebus=66 to specify their IDE bus controller speed. Sometimes this is only necessary for the installation, but usually it's necessary for any Linux boot. You might try starting your installation by entering:
linux idebus=50
If this doesn't fix the problem, you could try the more radical variation:
linux nodma
Good luck!
Bruce
linux idebus=50
If this doesn't fix the problem, you could try the more radical variation:
linux nodma
Good luck!
Bruce
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