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McVeigh Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Florida
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Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 9:31 pm Post subject: Help can't start install on scsi system |
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I'm finally getting around to reinstalling gentoo on this long weekend.
I went from gentoo (after it died) to mandrake beta.
I have an all scsi system now including cdrom
when I boot from the cd (just downloaded it today, verified md5 sum) I get a boot error and it tells me to press a key to retry and it then reboots.
this cd will start an install fine in my laptop.
is there a gentoo boot floppy? maybe that would get me started? _________________ Take Care,
Seth
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rac Bodhisattva
Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 6553 Location: Japanifornia
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Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: Help can't start install on scsi system |
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McVeigh wrote: | is there a gentoo boot floppy? |
There isn't a Gentoo boot floppy, but there is phong's bootdisk howto. How's that? _________________ For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder |
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McVeigh Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 12:34 am Post subject: |
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tried that, for some reason I cant use fdisk on my scsi drive.
just tried a knoppix bootable cd w/o success either _________________ Take Care,
Seth
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McVeigh Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 1:23 am Post subject: |
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OK i'm stuck here. I'm guessing tomsrtbt won't work due to lack of scsi modules for it.
anyone know where i can get the module I need for a tekram DC-390U3 scsi controller (lsi chipset) can I just copy the crrent ones from my mandrake install or will it bork it?
I've googled all over the place and can't find them
scsi_mod
sr_mod
sd_mod
sym53c8xx
those are the scsi modules I need
any help is appreciated _________________ Take Care,
Seth
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vers_iq Apprentice
Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 2:50 am Post subject: Re: Help can't start install on scsi system |
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McVeigh wrote: | I'm finally getting around to reinstalling gentoo on this long weekend.
I went from gentoo (after it died) to mandrake beta.
I have an all scsi system now including cdrom
when I boot from the cd (just downloaded it today, verified md5 sum) I get a boot error and it tells me to press a key to retry and it then reboots.
this cd will start an install fine in my laptop.
is there a gentoo boot floppy? maybe that would get me started? |
McVeigh wrote: | OK i'm stuck here. I'm guessing tomsrtbt won't work due to lack of scsi modules for it.
anyone know where i can get the module I need for a tekram DC-390U3 scsi controller (lsi chipset) can I just copy the crrent ones from my mandrake install or will it bork it?
I've googled all over the place and can't find them
scsi_mod
sr_mod
sd_mod
sym53c8xx
those are the scsi modules I need |
This is boot problem, your scsi bios will not looking for those modules during booting, make sure your scsi card can boot from cdrom or atleast is told to do so. These modules only required after the kernel booting sequence. Are you going to install gentoo to replace mandrake or install gentoo on other place, because you can boot to mandrake and start installing there. |
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McVeigh Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:25 am Post subject: |
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how could I install from within mandrake?
I'm guessing bootup, then unmount most partitions?
then mount /mnt/gentoo and go from there? _________________ Take Care,
Seth
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rac Bodhisattva
Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 6553 Location: Japanifornia
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:26 am Post subject: |
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McVeigh wrote: | how could I install from within mandrake? |
There's a section on installing from within a running Linux distro in the alternate install guide. _________________ For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder |
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arkane l33t
Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 918 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:27 am Post subject: Re: Help can't start install on scsi system |
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This is boot problem, your scsi bios will not looking for those modules during booting, make sure your scsi card can boot from cdrom or atleast is told to do so. These modules only required after the kernel booting sequence. Are you going to install gentoo to replace mandrake or install gentoo on other place, because you can boot to mandrake and start installing there. |
Was thinking the same thing. It should at least load the kernel because that is completely independent of any subsystems. After that, considering the gentoo cd is ramdisk, the modules are in ram and able to be modprobed without a problem. |
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McVeigh Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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OK i'm close
I used a usb cdrom just cause I was guessing, and it booted from it (my bios suports it)
that worked , it got into the install in ram , from there everything went as normal except I could not get the scsi cdrom mounted. so I had to do wget from ibiblio.org to get the image.
I'm bootstrapping now!! thanks everyone! _________________ Take Care,
Seth
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McVeigh Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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OK back to square 1, I went through the whole install, upon reboot it dumps me to some shell, I can't do crap (noeditor available) so I'm trying again. _________________ Take Care,
Seth
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SQLBoy Guru
Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 381
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2002 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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My advice is that your in way over your head with Linux. Why not cut your teeth on a more user friendly distro, learn how linux works, then attempt to install Gentoo.
It seems to me that:
a. you don't know linux at all
b. you have no clue how to read directions |
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crashman n00b
Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 23 Location: Midwest City, Ok
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2002 10:27 pm Post subject: Use alternate install guide |
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Check out the alternate install guide from the Gentoo website. It really is just a matter of starting up your current distro, creating and formating partitions, then chroot'ing in to continue the install. Everything is documented in the guide.
I'm curious, how did you install mandrake from your scsi cdrom if you can't boot from it? |
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rac Bodhisattva
Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 6553 Location: Japanifornia
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2002 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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SQLBoy wrote: | It seems to me that:
a. you don't know linux at all
b. you have no clue how to read directions |
I fail to see how comments like this help the cause of getting McVeigh's system installed. Please refrain from insulting people publicly. _________________ For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder |
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McVeigh Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 102 Location: Florida
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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FU sqlbitch
I got the basics working, typing this from gentoo. even got RTCW working again
I ended up using some of the floppy install instructinos plus the basics plus some of my own. I did have a problem last night where X locked up on startup. this AM I tried booting into single user mode then going to runlevel 5 and it worked, and eth0 has a few bugs with it's default route on startup that I'll figure out.
thanks again! _________________ Take Care,
Seth
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rac Bodhisattva
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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...sprays fire extinguishing foam. _________________ For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder |
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