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Old 06-19-2003, 01:21 PM   #1
kekeboo
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Unhappy kernel error during the installation


Hi there

I tried to install Redhat 9.0 on my computer. But during the
installation came an error message and from then on i am not able to install any OS. (win2000/xp/suse/redhat)

Error message:
There was an error installing kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13
This can indicate media failure, lack of disk space, and/or hardware problems...



Mainboard:
MSI-865PE-NEO2-LS, P4 S.478, INTEL 865PE / FSB800 / 4x400 Dual DDR / RAID / LAN / SATA / AGP8X / USB 2.0

Harddisk:
80GB, Serial-ATA, Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 (6Y080M0), 7200rpm, 8MB


I have really no idea, because i am an

btw: sorry for my bad english but im too shocked to think about a forgein language..
 
Old 06-19-2003, 01:27 PM   #2
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Did you download the cds?
If so did you checksum the downloaded file, and also checksum the cd once you'd burned to it?
 
Old 06-19-2003, 01:32 PM   #3
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No, i bought them. So it shouldnt be the cds.
Is it possible that the Sata hd and mainboard are indicating this problems?
 
Old 06-19-2003, 01:39 PM   #4
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From my pcmcia-cs.3.2.3-5mdk.i586.rpm :
Quote:
Summary: The daemon for using PCMCIA adapters.

Description: Many laptop machines (and some non-laptops) support PCMCIA cards for expansion. Also known as "credit card adapters," PCMCIA cards are small cards for everything from SCSI support to modems. PCMCIA cards are hot swappable (i.e., they can be exchanged without rebooting the system) and quite convenient to use. The pcmcia-cs package contains a card manager daemon that can respond to card insertion and removal events by loading and unloading drivers on demand. The daemon also supports hot swapping, so that the cards can be safely inserted and ejected at any time.
I wonder why does your pc indicate to linux that such things are needed?
Have you turned off BIOS settings like Plug 'n Play?
 
Old 06-19-2003, 01:43 PM   #5
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I'm just a newbie when i talk about linux

1. computer shop where i used to work set the bios settings.
2. I dont know but I think, that the problem is SATA, isnt it?

Last edited by kekeboo; 06-19-2003 at 01:47 PM.
 
Old 06-19-2003, 01:49 PM   #6
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You can check and change the BIOS settings probably by pressing the delete key when the machine first boots. I think you must have already to set it to boot off CD.

I dont know what SATA is, I'm just an LQ Addict (not a Guru)
 
Old 06-19-2003, 01:57 PM   #7
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Do you think that in the bios pcmcia is enabled?
I just tried to install winxp, there was (as usual) a fault and it crashed...
 
Old 06-19-2003, 02:21 PM   #8
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Just tried to install redhat again. this warning appeared:

"no hard drivers have been found. you probably need to manually choose device drivers for the installation to succeed...."

what do i have to do?
 
Old 06-20-2003, 12:42 PM   #9
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maybe you need to do this??

From Redhat Install guide:

If the installation program does not properly detect your hardware, you may need to restart the
installation in expert mode. Enter expert mode using the following boot command:
boot: linux noprobe
For text mode installations, use:
boot: linux text noprobe
Expert mode disables most hardware probing, and gives you the option of entering options for the
drivers loaded during the installation. The initial boot messages will not contain any references to
SCSI or network cards. This is normal; these devices are supported by modules that are loaded
during the installation process.
 
Old 06-20-2003, 12:53 PM   #10
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Are you sure your hard drive is being detected properly? When you turn on your comp, hit the delete key to get into your BIOS, then go to the section that will either detect your HDD or show you it's information. It doesn't make sense that no OS would install, so if your HDD is being detected, than my guess is, it's a bad HDD. If you can afford to lose all data on the drive, go into rescue mode, and fdisk the drive, create a partition that occupies the whole drive and then mke2fs the partition:

mke2fs /dev/hda1

(but this will delete all info on the disk, so be ready for that.)
Once you have the new partition, do a fsck.ext2 -c /dev/hda1 and this will scan for bad blocks and mark them, if this fails, post the results of this test.

HTH
Mike.
 
Old 06-20-2003, 01:14 PM   #11
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MSI support manual download

If that's a drive with nothing installed, first get the bios to recognise it, then use the rescue mode or other boot disk and zero out the drive first (IDE1 master assumed).

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

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