help !! I wonder why my mdk 10.0 alway crashes 1/2 time when I boot it or I just use it and it lock up

sys spec:

asus a7n8x deluxe
AMD athlon xp 2400+
512 ram dual channel 2 x 256
gf fx 5600 ( I didnt install Nvidia drivers yet cause I couldnt install them)
I use the ethernet card on my mb
LG dvd/rom drive
LG Cd-writer
running MDK 10.0 on dual boot with XP pro sp1

I heard many things but with no answers how to do it

Update Kernel ? Where do I get the lastest one ? how do you update it ? I looked in Installation Manager I could only deploy the source folder of my kernel...

someone says something anout NOAPIC or something like that? where do I change it ?

Hello,

I had the same experience after a clean install of MDK 10CE with a similar system until I updated it. Now it is much better with only occasional lock ups. To update your system do the following:

-Launch Software Media Manager
-Click add
-In the Add a medium window click on Security updates
-Enter ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributio.../Mandrake/RPMS in the URL: entry window
-Click OK
-Click on update_source in the Configure media window
-Click update and allow it to retrieve the updates for your install(this may take a while depending on your connection speed, and it may crash but keep trying until you succeed)
-After it is done go to Mandrake Update and click OK when it asks to update
-Select the packages you want to update or select all if you want to update everything(the latter is probably best)
-Click install and wait for packages to download and install

*Note that the mirror I gave here is not the only server available and may not be the best for you, check the mandrake download site for mirrors that may be better for you. Look under mirrors of the i586 not the ISO's.

Good luck.

thanks I'll try that

it keeps failing it tries to get the hdlist... do I keep trying ? tried different mirrors..

ok now I got the list, I went to MDK update it loads the list but I get empty boxes and MDK says that I may have all updates if they are empty

Click to turn on the bugfixes as well as security updates and you will see a list running to about 700Mb! I am downloading them now, hope you have ADSL The radio buttons for normal updates, security and bugfixes will be at the top left of the update window.

Hope this helps you out

Iain

Oops. Thanks iihay. I knew there was a step I forgot to mention. You definitly need to click on the security, bugfixes and normal updates radio buttons otherwise you will not have much to update.

It's the motherboard I think. I have the same one and had the same problems. Go to kde menu/system/configuration/configure your computer. On the boot configuration, go to the one you use to normally boot and click on modify. In the append textbox, add noapic nolapic and you should be fine. I hope

ok another question... When I boot... Lilio check up stuff and launch them right? it looks like it keeps sleeping on the line Launching Network Interface for eth0 (something like that because mine is in french) then after 1 minute... it goes to Checking Internet Boot startup thing... - FAILURE - F<Device Name>

anyone know what could cause this?

I can acess the internet... my eth0 works...