[plug] Mandrake 10.0

[Ian Sherriffs]

Thanks for the help.   I think I have found the cause of the current
problem.   I installed previously a small 'Quiz' program I had lying around,
and the CD Rom read it OK.  Today I thought perhaps there was a little
curruption in Windows, so formatted the HD and tried to instal from scratch.
Tried with WIN95, WIN98 and Mandrake CDs, but got same message:  "Invalid
System Disc.   Replace the disc, then press any key."      Yes I did set the
Bios boot options to CD ROM or floppy as necessary.   I made the boot floppy
on my other PC so didn't realise there was a problem.
Had trouble with the old 8X CD ROM a few months ago, and local repair place
installed new 52X and said problem was fixed, but I think it may be a
hardware problem not worth fixing.   Will see if I can pick up a used PC a
bit more powerful, and try again.

From: "Cameron Patrick" <cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Mandrake 10.0


> Hi,
>
> Ian Sherriffs wrote:
>
> | I have the 4 CD ROMs of Mandrake 10.0 Official, which I have been
> | trying to install on my old P166 with 80MB RAM. which should be
> | enough (just).
>
> One thing to bear in mind is that any modern Linux desktop will be
> rather sluggish on that kind of hardware - even compared to the
> existing Windows system.  It might be okay for trying out Linux, but
> probably not a system you'd actually want to use for much!
>
> | I have tried to boot from Disk 1 and Disc 2, but nothing happens,
> | and eventually Windows starts up again.
>
> I presume you've made sure the BIOS can find the CDROM drive, and have
> told it to try booting from the CD before the hard drive?
>
> | So I made the special Mandrake boot floppy, and this works, but when
> | it finishes I get a screen that says 'Error: No CDROM device found'.
> | When I hit OK (ENTER) it reads 'Please Insert the Additional Drivers
> | floppy'.  Hit OK again, and get a list of things to look for, but
> | again get 'No CDROM device found'.
>
> That sounds a bit odd, but I'm not Mandrake expert and don't know
> where to begin debugging it. :-/
>
> | At Mandrakelinux.com only one Liteon is listed as "Known hardware" -
> | that is LTR 24102b CD-RW.  My CDROM is a rather noisy Liteon 52X
> | LTR-525S (I think).
>
> The chances are your Liteon will work as well as any other generic IDE
> CD-ROM drive, even if it isn't specifically listed.  (It /is/ IDE,
> right?  If it's anything more peculiar, e.g. hanging off a sound card
> or something, you may well be out of luck.)
>
> Does the CD-ROM drive work under Windows?
>
> Cameron.
>
>
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