Help can't start install on scsi system

McVeigh

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?
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rac

McVeigh · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 12:34 am Post subject:

tried that, for some reason I cant use fdisk on my scsi drive.

just tried a knoppix bootable cd w/o success either
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McVeigh · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 1:23 am Post subject:

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
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vers_iq · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 264

McVeigh · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:25 am Post subject:

how could I install from within mandrake?

I'm guessing bootup, then unmount most partitions?
then mount /mnt/gentoo and go from there?
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rac · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:26 am Post subject:

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McVeigh · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:03 pm Post subject:

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!
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McVeigh · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 9:16 pm Post subject:

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.
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SQLBoy · Guru Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 381

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

crashman · Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2002 10:27 pm Post subject: Use alternate install guide

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?

rac · Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2002 10:39 pm Post subject:

McVeigh · Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 8:07 pm Post subject:

FU sqlbitch :twisted:

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!
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rac · Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 8:12 pm Post subject:

...sprays fire extinguishing foam.
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