[ale] Cannot install Linux on new PC

[Greg]

For the archives - I ran the memtest-86 that comes with the SuSE 8.0 distro
and the third slot is bad on the mobo.  As it is the second one that is
crapo from the folks that I got it I guess I will trudge down to Ginstar for
a replacement though the comparable Asus that they have is 70$ I am thru
with cheapo crap.  The time wasted is way too much.  Since it is for the
home file server, I need something I can trust.

Anyone want a 2 RAM slot mobo (MS6167 mobo) w/ 5 pci slots, 2 ISA, 1 AGP
that takes an AMD Slot-A processor ?

Thanks go out to Calvin Harrigan for the winning analysis.  You win ... my
gratitude and a mobo w/ 2/3 of RAM slots functional.  Please call the
station during working hours to arrange for picking up your winnings.
Family and friends of Greg C. are exempted.  All legal disclaimers apply.

Greg C.

-----Original Message-----
From: James P. Kinney III [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 11:36 PM
To: runman at telocity.com
Cc: ALE
Subject: Re: [ale] Cannot install Linux on new PC


I would be suspicious of a heat related issue and flaky chips. Pop the
case off and grab the large box fan. Point directly into the open case
and retry the install. Even better, put the open case in front of a
window unit AC. A linux install abuses the CD drive like crazy. Windows
is only 1 disk. RH7.3 is 3. Suse is even more.

fdisking a cat is ALWAYS good mojo. Especially if they sleep on the
monitor.

On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 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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