Re: Can't install 4.2 on AMD-K6 system

[lorrain lms ditv-philips fr (lorrain etienne)]

  Hi Thomas,

> Sirs,
>   I'm have been trying to install red-hat 4.2 on my new PC and have
>   had nothing but trouble.
> 
>   First the particulars of my system:
> 
>     Vender:     CyberMax A64 Powermax
>     bios:       Award bios: Dated 05/17/97 ver v4.51PG
>     Main Board: Biostar 8500TUD TX Chipset
>     cpu:        AMD-K6 PR200MMX
>     Memory:     32 Megs EDO
>     Video:      Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 w/4megs
>     Disk:       Western Digital EIDE 4Gig - used only for Win95
>     CD-ROM:     Toshiba EIDE XM-6002B
>     SCSI:       Adaptec 2940u PCI SCSI Controller
>     Disk:       Micropolis 1926-15MW1002001 2.6G - I'm installing here.
>     Tape:       WANGTEK 5150ES SCSI ES41
>     Modem:      ViVa CommCenter-56slm
>     Sound:      ENSONIQ SoundscapeVIVO Sound Blaster Emulation
>     Monitor:    Princeton Graphic Systems EO70
>     Printer:    HP DeskJet 660C
> 
>     I am installing on the SCSI drive /dev/sda which I have partitioned into
>     4 pieces. /     176 Megs,
>               swap  160 Megs,
>               /usr  700 Megs,
>               /home 900 Megs
>
>  Kernel Panic" EXT2-fs panic (device 08:03): ext2_write_inode: unable to read
>  i-node block inode=6169 block=24584

  Your problem seems to be an hardware problem, or a driver incompability.
  Are you sure the SCSI adapter is correctly working ? Are you
  sure that the SCSI disk is also working ? Maybe you can try to
  swap temporarily to a file on the win95 disk for installation procedure.
  Maybe you can also try to disable from the BIOS (or with DOS/Window and
  then using autoinstall) the advanced features of the AMD to reduce its
  speed for the installation, we never know. Also, is you CD an official
  RedHat 4.2 or a download with a corruption ?

  Just my $0.02,
  Etienne Lorrain.


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