RE:Installer is telling me that Disk 3 is not Disk 3, please insert Disk 3

["" <eloy_56 excite com>]

 Hi, i looked through my BIOS and I couldn't find UDMA. Could you please tell me where you find it on your BIOS. My computer is an old Aptiva with a Maxtor hard drive. Also do know of any other possible solutions, thanks a lot.



 --- On Fri 06/21,  < mwvonlehe netscape net > wrote:
From:  [mailto: mwvonlehe netscape net]
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Date: Fri 06/21
Subject: RE:Installer is telling me that Disk 3 is not Disk 3, please insert Disk 3 

> I had the same problem. What I did was to turn off the UDMA in the BIOS and
> I was able to load Redhat 7.3. I have a via chipset. There is a known
> problem with VIA chipsets and UDMA. Both with Western Digital and Maxtor
> which I have experienced firsthand. Probably with all other HDDs that use
> UDMA as well. I also experienced this problem with an old motherboard and
> an intel celeron processor with an Sis chipset.
> 
> So turn off that UDMA IN THE BIOS!!!! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE? IF YOU
> STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS RE-ENABLE IT IN THE BIOS!
> 
> Please od not mistake UDMA with dma...
> 
> 
> If that don work then try the 700MB CDs...
> 
> If these 2 steps do not fix it I do not know what will....
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> ""

wrote:
>
> > I am having the same issue with disc 2. Disc 1 works fine and it came
> out to a total of 637MB, disc 2 is 638MB. But when the installer asks for
> disc 2 it doesn't recognize my disc 2. So my question is would burning it
> on a 700MB disc really work? Is there some other kind of solution to this
> problem? Thank you
> >
> >
> >
> >Are you burning the CD's on 650 megs blanks or 700? You might try to
> burn
> >the 3rd disc on a 700 meg CD.
> >
> >KnowHow Tech Support
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Luis Luna wrote:
> >
> >> I have been trying to install RedHat 7.3 unto a generic machine
> but when
> >> the installer gets to telling to insert Disk 3 it turns around
> and tells
> >> me that the disk I inserted is NOT disk 3 please insert disk 3.
> I
> >> keeping trying the disk but it refused to recognize it as disk
> 3.
> >>
> >> Here are the steps I have taken in trying to trouble-shoot this
> problem:
> >>
> >> 1.) Download ISO's from Redhat.
> >>
> >> 2.) Burn said ISO's onto cd-roms.
> >>
> >> 3.) Boot and run install program.
> >>
> >> 4.) Chose workstation config from install options.
> >>
> >> 5.) Insert Disk 2.
> >>
> >> 6.) 99 % complete it asks for Disk 3.
> >>
> >> 7.) Install complains about the Disk not being Disk.
> >>
> >> 8.) Mount disk with another linux machine, the disk is identified
> as
> >> disk 3.
> >>
> >> 9.) Insert same disk into I am trying to install Redhat 7.3,
> installer
> >> again complains about it not being disk 3.
> >>
> >> 10.) Burn new copy of #3 ISO file.
> >>
> >> 11.) Try newly burned disk on installer program. Still balks at
> it as
> >> not being disk 3.
> >>
> >> 12.) Shut off machine and start install over again. This time I
> run the
> >> check media program and check all the cd-roms I have made. Media
> checker
> >> accepts them all.
> >>
> >> 13.) Try to install 7.3. Reaches the same point and it tells me
> that
> >> disk 3 is NOT disk 3, please insert disk 3.
> >>
> >> 14.) Terminate install program. Try install again. On other
> machine.
> >> Same result. Insert Disk 3, this is not disk 3 please insert disk
> 3.
> >>
> >> 15.) Download new ISO #3 from linuxiso.org. Burn new disk 3.
> >>
> >> 16.)Start installer program. Same thing. Insert disk 3, this is
> not disk
> >> 3, please insert disk 3.
> >>
> >> 17.) Go to google.com. Search for problem. Find out other people
> are
> >> having same program with installer not recognizing disks.
> >>
> >> 18.) Go to Redhat Support, try to search for answer. No luck.
> >>
> >> 18a.) Join mailing list.
> >>
> >> 19.) Try to find a search engine for the redhat mailing list, no
> luck.
> >>
> >> 20.) Download ISO's for Caldera 3.1.1, burn cd's, run install
> on
> >> machine I was trying to get 7.3 on, install runs perfectly. New
> Caldera
> >> machine running fine.
> >>
> >> 21.) Write this email, still want 7.3 on the machine that is
> running
> >> Cladera linux.
> >>
> >> Anything I missed? What can I do to make 7.3 load on this
> machine?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Luis Luna
> >
> >
> >
> >
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