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05-13-2008, 06:12 PM
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 Re: 12.1 no cdrom found = install snafu = Grrr! Responding to Kees Theunissen... > Mike wrote: > >> This is the bit that really annoys, when the running CD tells you it >> can't find itself. Grrr! >8( > > Your "running CD [that] can't find itself" actually is a "running kernel > that can't find the CD". The kernel has been loaded by the BIOS -which > loaded the boot loader from CD- and the boot loader -which loaded the > kernel from CD using only BIOS calls-. > The software involved with the kernel differs a lot from the BIOS, > but yes, the kernel ought to see your CD drive. > Yeah, I know, Yeah, I knew that, and You'd think so by now, etc. ;\ Update time though. The "can't find the drives" kernel 2.6.x problem seems to be related in some way to the K6-2 CPU. Not quite sure what it is, and chances are we'll never know as I've just had a word with my "Guy that does computers" and ordered a new box to replace the old AMD 500. Its almost a decade old now, so I suppose the odd upgrade is in order every so often. All things being equal, I suppose it says something for Linux/Slack that the scale of final hardware redundancy is about a decade, rather than the 12/24 months I've seen my Windups-using associates pouring money and time into.  -- \===* www.jonestheweb.myby.co.uk *===/ )8 Data-Pimped by your ISP yet? 8( (For clues, search "anti phorm")      |
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05-29-2008, 09:38 AM
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| Re: 12.1 no cdrom found = install snafu = Grrr! Responding to Mutant: [...] >> >> I'm thinking (wild guessing actually) that the huge.s kernel (can't use >> the hugesmp.s on a P5a/K6-2 500 machine) might be the culprit here? > > try booting (press Enter)and walking away. Hardi-har. Having given due respect to your suggestion, ie: ignored it, it turns out the old K6 CPUs just don't cut it with today's kernels. This isn't a kernel problem, just the trickery in the K6s finally becoming fully obsolete as things progress. (Not a bad innings though.) As a result, I stuck my hand in my pocket and dug out a few quid for some new hardware. Said K6 is now running as a network router for the home. (Been wanting to play with this kind of stuff for a while now. Must admit though, I'd not realised just how long I've been burning the labels of that old gear. If this new stuff lasts as long I'll be quite happy. -- *===( http://www.jonestheweb.myby.co.uk/ *===( http://principiadiscordia.com/ *===( http://www.badphorm.co.uk/ |
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