[TriLUG] Mandrake 8.2 now available locally at Best Buy!!

[al johson]

Yes, the CD-ROM drives seem to be working fine in Linux. I should have added
that the hard drives are mounted in their own case with TWO fans built in
the front and rear in the removable case (this is not counting the fans in
the big case for the power supply) which probably keeps my hard drives
cooler than those in just about anyone's computer. I know that they are
never hot when I take them out, just very slightly warm.
     I suppose it's possible something could have happened to my Linux
drive, but I've been using it like this for some time now. I guess you're
probably guessing that I'm having a problem with either my CD drive or the
hard drive. The hard drive is 20 gigs in size and is actually fairly new. I
do have another which I can substitute for it just to see if the problem can
be isolated to the hard drive. (Which I will try)
     Just very, very strange indeed, especially since this hard drive isn't
very old at all. The drive doesn't actually seem dead, because it does go
through a littlbe bit of the installation process without a problem, at
least in text mode, until it hits a particular point. In graphical mode I
just get the "OUT OF RANGE" error on the screen which doesn't tell me WHAT
is "OUT OF RANGE".
    Is there anyway to retrieve the installation log off this hard drive??
If it had a system on it it would be relatively easy.

Does anyone know where Mandrake and Red Hat puts this installation log and
what the name of it is?? Can it be read using DOS programs like text
editors?? I suspect not, since we're talking about another different file
system. Finally, can you further explain this suggestion:

"Try going to the virtual consoles available through ctr-alt-F1 to F6." What
I don't understand is how this will work if there is no longer a Linux OS on
the drive??

    Anyway thanks for your suggestions "Sinner" (sorry I don't know your
real name, maybe you can introduce yourself to me at the next Tri-Lug
meeting. Had a doctor's appt. on the day of the installfest. Really sorry I
had to miss it.---Al Johnson.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sinner from the Prairy <sinner at escomposlinux.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Mandrake 8.2 now available locally at Best Buy!!


> A Dilluns 13 Maig 2002 02:44 am, vàreu escriure:
> > Well, unfortunately for some reason I couldn't get Mandrake 8.2
> > installed over Redmond, and I really don't know why. If  I use a
> > graphical installation it goes OK until a point where the screen
> > clears and displays "Out of Range" (whatever that means). Trying the
> > textual mode I got I/O errors. There is obviously some sort of
> > installation log, but I don't know the location or name of it or how
> > to access it.
>
> Try going to the virtual consoles available through ctr-alt-F1 to F6
>
> Is your cd-rpm drive OK? Is the HDD OK? are the IDE cables properly
> attached?
>
> > This is very strange because this is on a computer that
> > just recently had Redhat 7.2 and Redmond Linux installed on it
> > without problems (although I don't know how to install my DVD player
> > and a few other peripherals in the box). So I tried to install a copy
> > of Redhat 7.0 which was included in a tutorial book on Linux I'd
> > picked up at the bookstore. IT ALSO HAD I/O errors and stated it
> > could not do anything with whatever happened. This is so very strange
> > that if you have some suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I'm
>
> Bad cd-rom drive, problems with the IDE cables? Do those CDs work in
> other computers?
>
> > actually using the very computer which caused these errors right now
> > with a Windows 98 drive in it (I have my hard drives in drawers which
> > lock into a case in my box which allows me to play with Linux while
> > protecting my Win98 system.)
>
> It is not very good for hard disks to be moved around, specially when
> very hot. Hard disks in drawers get a lot hotter than regular
> harddisks. Also, the connections tend to go back (I've used them
> before... with the result of 1 hdd dead, and 2 different hdd-drawers
> gone bad).
>
> > Very, very strange. As far as I'm aware
> > none of my hardware or Bios settings have been changed since Redhat
> > 7.2 and Redmond were more or less successfully installed on my Linux
> > hard drive. It's all very, very strange indeed.---AL Johnson
>
> It seems that it can be a bigger problem than a flacky CD.
>
> > ==============
> > P.S. I appreciated the comparison link between the various Mandrake
> > 8.2 versions. I suppose it's even possible that both the disks I
> > tried are bad, but considering both of them have never been used
> > before I suppose it's possible.
>
> You can always check it in another machine, see that happens.
>
>
>
> Salut,
> Sinner
> --
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