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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] 8.2 won't install on a Promise 20268
From:       civileme <civileme () civileme ! net>
Date:       2002-03-31 1:28:34
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Nick Murtagh wrote:

>Hi
>
>I tried installing 8.2 on my shiny new Promise Ultra100 TX2
>card, which uses the PDC20268 chip. It hangs at the detecting
>partitions stage. I think this may have been fixed in the -ac
>series, with patches from Promise themselves. 
>

Yep, Promise fixed its own bug.

>
>
>So my question is, how do I go about installing 8.2 on my machine? 
>Should I try making a boot CD with a newer kernel? Presumably I'd
>have to make a new El Torito image. What are the proper steps for
>this? 
>

Why not use an old install image by booting from CD2?

>
>Or is there a way to make a boot floppy with the kernel of my choice
>and then continue the install from the CDROM?
>
>If the worst comes to the worst, I can try upgrading my 8.1 
>installation, getting the card working there, and then copying
>stuff to the new disks, but I'd rather make a clean break from
>what is, at this stage, a well "customized" installation :)
>
>Nick
>

Civileme



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