[CLUE-Tech] Installation problem

[George Gammel]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vern B. Southern" <vbsouthern at access4less.net>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Installation problem


> On Tuesday 31 August 2004 05:12 pm, George Gammel wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have an installation problem.  I have an older Dell Pentium 1 desktop.
> > It has a SCSI hard disk and cdrom(NEC).  On the 1st attempt, I was
trying
> > install Mandrake 8.2.  All seemed to go fine until attempting graphics
> > config.  The machine uses ATI Mach64 chipset.  I tried several combos of
> > video card/monitor selections.  All gave some kind of error.  It seemed
to
> > boot up OK to the command line.
> >
>
> I have installed Mandrake/Linux 8.0 8.1 8.2 9.0 9.1 and on every install I
> have had the same problem.
>
> When installing 8.x I had to downgrade the video card to a old SSI 8mg
card I
> had laying around.
>
> When installing 9.x I was able to use my ATI cards.
>
> If you want I can burn a copy of Mandrake 9.1 for you and send it snail
mail
> or you can stop by and pick it up or go to:
> http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/index.php
> and pick up a copy.
>
> --
> Vern B. Southern
> vbsouthern at access4less.net
> Denver Colorado USA
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Thanks for the offer, Vern, but I have achieved some huge steps forward.  I
made up another boot floppy as Jeff Cann had suggested, and then Mandrake
8.2 proceeded to install.  I had a few glitches getting the packages
installed, but with perseverence was sucessful.  The graphics error I had
mentioned in the origional post was a problem with color depth.  It seems
the Mach64 can't handle higher bit values in color depth (32 bit or 24 bit).
I had to use the lowest selection, then I got a normal graphics screen.
Apparently, when Windows told me it had set up 19 million colors on this
machine, it was speaking with a forked tongue!  No big surpise!  The only
part I don't get, is why Mandrake 10.0 would not access the SCSI CDROM.  It
appeared that both 8.2 and 10.0 were using the same SCSI driver.  Oh Well,
don't question a sucessfull outcome.

So I now have a working Mandrake 8.2 system and have gotten the internet
access working.  Now, my Linux adventure can get going in ernest.  Thanks
for all the responses and help.  I'm sure I'll be back with more questions
later on as I proceed up the Linux learning curve.

George Gammel
ggammel1 at yahoo.com