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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem
From:       Ron Keller <rakeller () shaw ! ca>
Date:       2004-04-04 19:34:26
Message-ID: 40706342.4040800 () shaw ! ca
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Since posting the origianl query, I did a google search and found some 
references to that very problem.  Those references pertained moslly to 
RedHat; and it seems that kernel versions prior to 2.4.18 had a problem 
with Ali chipsets.  And, of course that's the chipset in this particular 
machine.

So, perhaps the LiveCD version I downloaded does not contain the Ali 
chipset patch.. I will try the universal livecd you mentioned.  Thanks 
for responding

Ron


tom@edgeoftheinterweb.org.uk wrote:

>On  0, Ron Keller <rakeller@shaw.ca> wrote:
>  
>
>>I have an older machine I would like to install Gentoo on. The hardware 
>>in this machine consists of an 80G HD, and AMD K62/500 CPU and a CDROM 
>>drive. 
>>    
>>
>
>Sounds fine.
>
>  
>
>>I downloaded a LiveCD iso (LiveCD-1.4_rc1-r2) and burned it onto a CD.  
>>The CD boots and starts identifying the hardware.  Just after it 
>>identifies the CDROM drive, the install procedure stalls on a line which 
>>reads:
>>    
>>
>
>That install CD is very very old. It is only a release candidate for
>1.4.
>
>Recent CDs that may work live in the
>releases/x86/2004.0/livecd/universal.
>
>  
>
>>  Partition Check:
>>      /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0:
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not sure why this is happening, nor how to fix it.
>
>  
>
>>Now, I know that the hard drive works.  It's a new drive, and I had no 
>>problem loading mandrake 7.1 on it.  I would just like to put gentoo on 
>>it instead.
>>    
>>
>
>I think the best solution is either to install from an existing distro
>(as documented in the handbook) or from a knoppix CD if you have one of
>those knocking around (also documented in the handbook). It may also
>work fine with the 2004.0 CD.
>
>I'm sorry I can't offer an actual solution.
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
>  
>



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