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Re: Mandrake 8.1 Installation



Omer,
We had such problems and it was resolved by using high grade cd media ....
Dani

On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Omer Zak wrote:

> When trying to install Mandrake 8.1, the installer got stuck at the step
> at which it displays the "Trying to access a CDROM disc" message.
> The strange thing is that the installer was successfully booted from the
> CDROM.
>
> Any hints where to look for the problem?  How to work around it?
>
> System configuration (let me know if more information is needed):
> Pentium II 300MHz, 384MB memory
> /dev/hda - none
> /dev/hdb - Yamaha CRW2200 CD/RW
> /dev/hdc - a 40GB hard disk (only the first 33GB are recognized due to a
>            BIOS limitation)
> /dev/hdd - none
>
> Mandrake Linux 8.1 - from the CD-ROM set sold during the Linux Day at
> Bar-Ilan U.
>
> The hard disk already has RedHat 7.2 and OpenBSD 2.9 installed in it, and
> it multi-boots using lilo.  When formatting the disk, I reserved few
> partitions for the planned Mandrake installation.
>                                              --- Omer
> There is no IGLU Cabal.  There are no integral SCSI cables either (only
> differential ones).
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