cd/dvd not found!!
hi..
i got a new system. core 2 duo (2ghz) intel g33(mobo) 1gb ram,160 hdisk liteon dvd rw i partitioned my harddisk properly.. then wrote it.. then addswap i formatted the remainin space.. then comes the trouble!!! in the source media selection i selected for scan for cd or dvd then autoscan option ,i chose... "no IDE/SCSI drive found...." here i get stuck and i am not able to go ahead with my installation.. can anyone help me out here?? |
What Slackware version are you trying to install ? what kernel ?
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slackware 11..
and the kernel i've no idea!! i think its the default kernel sata.i!! i really dont know how do we name kernels and how to look for the name.. |
try booting huge26.s just type that in at the boot prompt and it will boot it, for example:
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boot: huge26.s <press Enter> |
Is the DVD connected to IDE or SATA.
I found that Slack 11 will boot from a SATA DVD/CD, but then can't find it. Slack 12 works. Cheers. |
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well neither of them worked!!guess i've to go for slack 12..
but how do get to know ,which of the kernels support which combination of hardware? is it just by trying out different kernels on differrent computers? |
Typically newer kernels have better hardware support, and in the case of slackware, choose the huge kernels, because they have most things complied in.
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wat do you actually mean by huge kernels?
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These are extra kernels on the CDs that have all the device drives built-in, instead of loading them as modules.
But, I don't think that you can get Slack 11 to boot one of these, when booting from the CD itself, as it's 2.4 based. Cheers. |
both slack 11.0 and 12.0 have the so-called huge kernels ... because they are huge 2.6.x kernels with nearly everything compiled in. 'huge26.s' for slack 11.0 and just 'huge.s' for slack 12.0.
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Welcome to Slackware! 'PV' provides .txt files to give us the desired information. You can read the Slackware 12.0 CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT, UPGRADE.TXT and RELEASE_NOTES to get the background information. You could also reference 'Slackware-Links' which was compiled from 'Slackware LQ Suggestions Links!' other information. A good way to know what you should be looking for is to boot the install with a generic-smp kernel and do a 'lspci -vv'. This give you the machine information that you can match to the kernel. This information necessary when you want to custom a kernel to suit your hardware. |
i am not able to run huge.s nor hugesmp.s!!!
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What errors are you getting when you try the huge kernels? I'm not sitting nor standing behind you. My crystal ball is cracked and everything is fuzzy or blurry. You will have too give the information that you see from the system. |
So you're now using Slackware 12.0, and when you get to the installation, it can't find your drive? And you've tried both kernels. You could try making a copy of the dvd/cd into a directory, mounting it, and then choosing the option 'Install from a pre-mounted directory'. This would mean installing another distro first. I'm sure there must be another way though.
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