Hi All-- Gee, I changed the subject. I'm sorry that I offended you. Bet you get lots of Fedora converts that way. What does linux "ide=nodma" actually do? Metta, Ivan Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > Am Do, den 15.07.2004 schrieb Ivan Van Laningham um 16:04: > > > The system: > > Gateway dual PII, 350Mhz, 512MB ECC ram. 3com ethernet card, generic > > USB 2 2-port card, no sound card, Accelgraphics video card (detected and > > used just fine in FC1 and apparently fine in FC2). > > > > After the install errored out -- "An error occurred during the transfer > > of the install image to your hard disk. You are probably out of disk > > space" -- I installed a new primary master disk, 40GB, and moved the > > 10GB disk to primary slave. Both disks are detected. I get the > > partition error message every time I try the install. > > > Ivan > > Please don't hijack foreign threads. Don't reply to another mail while > you want to write a new article. Your mail now appears in a thread about > Sendmail and OpenSSL. > > To your question: use "ide=nodma" as boot parameter when installing. So > at installation boot prompt type in > > linux ide=nodma > > For other types of sometimes needed parameters see > > http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc1/#AlanCox > > Alexander > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.3.uml > Serendipity 16:11:49 up 2 days, 13:54, load average: 1.08, 1.14, 1.11 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: signature.asc > signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature > Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.pauahtun.org/ http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.pauahtun.org/ http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours