Topic: FTP unstall

[bobmook]

Is anyplace hosting an ftp install of rc3? My intended SME serverboots fine fine off the CD but tells me it cannot find the cdwhen the time comes to locate the install disk in the installation dialogue.

[RobRoye]

No FTP installs that I know of. First thing to do is to allow it to verify the CD as it wants to before installing. If it passes that, I'd try to burn another disk in case of a bad burn, and then try re-downloading the ISO image in case of a bad download. Otherwise you're wanting to look at a different CD-ROM drive or other hardware issue.

I did about 12 installs/upgrades from 7.0rc1 and 6.0.1 of 7.0rc3 this week testing various things, and used several different machines and CDs. I had no problems at all getting the computer to boot and install off the CD. The verification is tries at the beginning of the install should be key.

[dsemuk]

I found on older hardware I needed to disable DMA & ACPI for the install to proceed, you may only need to disable DMA, if so ommit the acpi=off.

press "Esc" when the CD boots and at the commandline put "sme ide=nodma acpi=off"

Dave

[bobmook]

at what point exactly should I press esc? once the install has started it has no effect. The only place did have have an effect was at the very start and all theat resulted in was it asking me for the kernel

[dsemuk]

at what point exactly should I press esc? once the install has started it has no effect. The only place did have have an effect was at the very start and all theat resulted in was it asking me for the kernel

Just done another install to check and I press "Esc" very very soon after the CD starts to boot

loading vmlinux.......

I get a prompt like this:

boot:

Dave

[Jáder]

I have seen this problem of media detection when using a DVD drive to read a CD from SME.
So I put an old CDROM on machine just to install linux.

about to disable ACPI+DMA... you also can do it on BIOS.

Jáder