Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Nicholas J. Leon" <> | Subject | Re: Problems with new system | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:23:20 -0500 (EST) |
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Likens" at Nov 12, 96 02:17:35 pm X-Test: yes, a dtest X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Precedence: bulk
Scott Likens was overheard whispering ... # # > I'll try to make this quick ... # > # > Brand new box, P100,16MB EDO, tried to boot from my linux floppies # > (boot+root on one disk), after "Compressed image found at 400" I get a # > # > Invalid compression format (err=2)<4>VFS: Insert root floppy ... # > # How about Changing DISKS? i gotta be honest but if it's being found at # 400, either Gunzip the disk and rawrite it, or leave it gzipped, try # that.. heh #
Tried that ... and I even swapped out the floppy drive of the system that made the disk into my new box.
What it was, that I finally found, was PCI Support. I disabled it in the kernel and all's well...
The motherboard is a piece of shit... it's performance was way below spec and generally just crappy. Since it wasn't the one I ordered, I've returned it and placed an order for a Asus P55T2P4.
The Moral of the story ...
* DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM ABC COMPUTERS *
If you want more detail on their MAIL FRAUD ... let me know .. N! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicholas J. Leon nicholas@binary9.net "Elegance through Simplicity" http://www.binary9.net/nicholas SF/F Reading Suggestion #2: Black Sun Rising
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