phelpsa
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 05:13 PM |
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SimplyMEPIS 2004 Error
Ok, I thought i'd start a new thread.
I created a bootable CD using BurnAtOnce. I went into the BIOS and set it to boot from the CD drive first. Then restarted it with the CD in, it
said:
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Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM
Loading Stage2 .
and then it freezes.
What am I doind wrong?
Adam
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phelpsa
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 06:01 PM |
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I just tried it on a Win XP home laptop and it worked, but it wont work on my Win 98 desktop
Adam
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britishtrident
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 07:32 AM |
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Hardware must be to old/short of mermory --- try Kanotix it will boot on just about any spec pc
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 08:34 AM |
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If I wiped Win 98 off first would it work, as its short of memory?? The HD is 20gb and 128mb ram, which meets the requirements on the mepis site.
Adam
[Edited on 24-4-05 by phelpsa]
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 08:40 AM |
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I will try downloading Mepis 3.3 and see if it makes any difference.
Adam
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Noodle
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 09:14 AM |
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I had a similar issue a while back when testing a SuSE distro-on-CD.
There was a switch you could set for ACPI I think it was. Putting ACPI=no or off or somesuch did the job on a PII with 128MB
Cheers,
Neil
Your sort make me sick
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 09:15 AM |
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where abouts do I do this??
Adam
P.S. Thanks for all your help!!
Edit:~ Worked it out, but it still didnt work. Anymore suggestions??
[Edited on 24-4-05 by phelpsa]
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 11:53 AM |
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Happened again with Simplymepis 3.3
Adam
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 12:06 PM |
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Ive found what it is!
I have an AMD-K6-2 processor which mepis doesnt support. Apparantly Kanotix does though.
Adam
[Edited on 24-4-05 by phelpsa]
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 02:14 PM |
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Tried to install kanotix and it comes up exactly the same except Loading Stage1.5
What am I doing wrong????
Adam
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