Read-only filesystem

Dolan The Hunter · 09-08-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by salasi

One thing that you might try, even though it is a bit of a long shot, is to check whether there is an option in your bios to slow down the memory accesses. In the case that the memory timing were marginal, this can help, and if that does show that with the slower memory access your hard disk problems go away, you will be better informed about your options.

I thank you for the input, but I have been all through every option in bios. there is no mention of memory at all. I even hoped to find cpu voltage, maybe ... no dice ... since I am still able to use my computer (slightly) I am in the process of downloading Mandriva 08 for the i586 again, since I used my old dvd on many other computers and got the same errors. my thought there may be that the dvd is bad, and thus the files (possibly even the kernel) downloaded onto my machine are bad. so if I "upgrade" my installation from there, it should fix the problem. if not, I'm likely forced to reformat and go with the x86 distro .... but the upside is, unlike most of the formats I've done through my life, at least this time, I don't have to type
format c:
hehehehehehe ....

"Windows is in fact an EXCELLENT OS. it's like Lex Luthor ... without bad guys like Lex, Superman wouldn't seem anywhere near as good."

Dolan The Hunter · 10-03-2009, 01:20 PM

Through some searching (actually, a LOT of searching) I discovered my computer is a 686. so, though it took forever (I was on another computer using a 14.4Kb/s dial-up modem) I downloaded a Mandriva i686 version, and installed it, and it now works perfectly ... in fact, better that the i586 distro did, so I'm assuming that was my main issue. especially since now, when I run Memtest, I get fewer errors than before .... (still a bit confused about that part, but oh well. as long as it works, right?)
Thank you for all the help!

Walton · 10-10-2009, 02:18 AM

Maybe a help - I went through a series of problems like this setting up a mates new computer for him, Windows ran fine but Linux wouldn't even install. But Windows would crash while running large files eg: watching a movie.

Turned out to be a bug in the bios that caused it to load the wrong page settings for some RAM chips, including the brand new 1066 Mhz Hyundai he'd just bought. Updating the bios fixed the problem. Afterwards memtest passed with no errors.

Worth a shot.

Cheers,

Andrew.