[ thanks to mailman a second time ] Am Mi, den 19.05.2004 schrieb Ed Stewart um 20:51: > Thank you for the suggestions. I didn't know about the alternate consoles. > > With just "linux" or even "linux mediacheck", Alt-F4 reveals the SCSI > controllers are found okay and the lone drive is there as sda at scsi0, > channel 0, id 0, lun 0 as expected. And then: > > <6>ide-cd: cmd 0x28 timed out > <4>hda: DMA interrupt recovery > <4>hda: lost interrupt > <4>hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > <4>hda: status error: error=0x00 > <3>hda: drive not ready for commad > > And repeats after a little wait. Well, that tells us the problem is not the Adaptec SCSI controller and his driver module. Use "linux ide=nodma" at install boot prompt. > When I do "linux noprobe" instead, the SCSI controllers are not identified > first (the last things were PCI and USB hub). The Alt-F4 messages are > similar otherwise, but I just hang at "running /sbin/loader" and don't get > to the blue intro screen. Yes, the noprobe is for omitting the probing for devices. That should be stated on the help page at install boot prompt. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl Sirendipity 21:13:17 up 6 days, 18:57, load average: 0.24, 0.18, 0.15 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ] my life is a planetarium - and you are the stars