Problems installing Mandrake 9.1/9.2 or RH 9

[epicurus]

Hi all,

I am kinda new to Linux but have been playing on and off for a while. I want to install either Mandrake or RH but I have the same install problem with both. They both stop at the same point when booting from the CD1. The point that they stop at is near the start. The last few lines are

hdc : sony DVD RW DW - U50A
ide0: at 0x1F0 - 0x1F7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1: at 0x170 - 0x177, 0x376 on irq 5
hda: attached ide-disk driver

then it stops and goes no further. I have used the CD's to install on my work laptop (EVO N1020v) and all is OK.

My laptop config is

Sony PGC-GRT715M
512mb Ram
FX Go 5600
40gb HDD

Can anyone help???? Thanks

[Dolda2000]

It's most likely a hardware fault. Either your motherboard is subtly broken, or it has an incompatible chipset. Do you know what chipset it is?

[epicurus]

Here is some info on my laptop.

SiSoftware Sandra

System Chipset
Model : Sony Corp SiS648 CPU to PCI Bridge
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB FireWire/1394 SMBus/i2c
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 134MHz (536MHz data rate)
Max FSB Speed / Max Memory Speed : 4x 133MHz / 2x 200MHz
In Order Queue Depth : 12 req(s)
Priority Master Queue Depth : 7 req(s)

AGP Bus
Version : 3.00
Current Data Transfer Rate : 8x
Fast-Writes Enabled : Yes
Aperture Size : 64MB

LPC Hub Controller 1
Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS85C503/5513 PCI to ISA Bridge (LPC Bridge)
ACPI PM Enabled : Yes
Random Number Generator Enabled : No
Speed : 7MHz

USB Controller 1
Model : Sony Corp SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller
Version : 1.00
OHCI Interface : Yes
Channels : 2
Legacy Emulation Enabled : No

USB Controller 2
Model : Sony Corp SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller
Version : 1.00
OHCI Interface : Yes
Channels : 2
Legacy Emulation Enabled : No

USB Controller 3
Model : Sony Corp SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller
Version : 1.00
OHCI Interface : Yes
Channels : 2
Legacy Emulation Enabled : No

USB Controller 4
Model : Sony Corp Unknown (7002)
Version : 2.00
Spec : 1.00
EHCI Interface : Yes
Channels : 6
Legacy Emulation Enabled : No

FireWire/1394 Controller 1
Model : Sony Corp RL5c552 IEEE-1394 Controller
Version : 1.00
OHCI Interface : Yes
Enhanced 1394a Support : Yes
Channels : 64
Speed : 400MHz

[caffeine]

Have a look here: http://www.linux-laptop.net/
They might have hints for you laptop.

Also, maybe try disabling ACIP either by selecting a menu at boot time, or appending pci=noacip to the boot string.

[Hellmasker]

its spelt acpi, turning off acip? wont help u much

also try tuning off apic, this freezes my sysetm at boot if left on.

give it the line
apic=off
to do this

[epicurus]

This is no oubt going to be a daft question. Where do I put that line.

Thanks for the help so far.

[Dolda2000]

You give it to the boot loader. When you get that pretty screen when you boot from the CD, you just type in "linux apic=off" + ENTER, for example.

[caffeine]

its spelt acpi, turning off acip? wont help u much

also try tuning off apic, this freezes my sysetm at boot if left on.

give it the line
apic=off
to do this

Should have checked that a bit more....

[epicurus]

Hi,

Thanks for that info. Did not work....

any other suggestions

[epicurus]

seems I have made a little progress.. I have used the alt1 option and this seems to have worked. its using 2.2 kernal and not 2.4

Guess I will see what happenes....