[ale] Cannot install Linux on new PC

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Dude! This is going to sound *weird* but I had the same problem. I have never 
been able to install RedHat 7.3 on ANY Maxtor drive to date - regardless of 
the other hardware. Tried the install with 3 other MBs and removed all other 
hardware (including changing the video card). Before you ditch your MB - try 
putting a Western Digital or Fuji drive in (or any other drive).

Drew

On Sunday 01 September 2002 18:45, Greg wrote:
> Note: This is totally different from my other problem posting. I have been
> *very* busy lately !
>
> 	I have been having problems installing Linux on a new PC. It uses an
> Athlon 700MHz Slot A processor on a MSI MS6167 mobo with a half a GB of
> RAM.  I have used both a 4GB Maxtor and a 30GB Western Digital hard drives,
> both 40 and 80 pin cables, 3 different CD-ROM players, and tried both SuSE
> 8.0 and RH 7.3.  I fdisk'd the MBR's on both disks.  I fdisked the whole
> disks.  If I thought it would help I would fdisk my cat when he rubs the
> PC.  I even returned the RH CDs and got new ones.  All Linux installs start
> ok and during the install several components/packages (they are random) do
> not install and soon the install gets a kernel panic and dies.  I have
> tried every combination of disk, cable, distro, and method (w/ and w/o X),
> noprobe and probe and using PNP and w/o PNP.  I have the HD as a master on
> the primary IDE and the CD as master on the secondary IDE.
>
> 	The only thing I have not changed is the mobo.  It is a MSI MS6167 and a
> week ago I did put in a 4GB HD with SuSE 8.0 on it and it worked - even
> with the SAMBA !  I did also a test install of *gasp* Windows 95, Windows
> 98 and NT 4.0 and all 3 worked, so it is something about Linux installs
> that the dammed PC does not like.
>
> 	If this cannot be fixed I guess the only option is to replace the mobo,
> which I don't want to do.  As Sherlock said, (paraphrased) "When all other
> solutions are proven incorrect, whatever is left, however unlikely, is the
> correct solution".  I assume hitting it with a sledgehammer (a la "process
> this " of Dogbert fame) is not a valid solution.
>
> 	Any suggestions/ideas ???  Any one want a mobo for $36.00 ???  Works good
> with MS .....
>
> 	Greg C.
>
>
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