Been trying to install Fedora on my old 200mhz computer to use as a small server for my house. (Was using mandrake until the harddrive in that comp died) Anyway, the video card in it is ancient, and X doesn't work with it so I have to use text based setup (I dont really care though, text setup rocks). After it asks me to check the disks (which I do and it says the disk is good) it will just hang at the blue screen with the Fedora Coreblahblah text at the top and the text saying the commands at the bottom. I hit alt+F4 to go to the thing that says the kernel messages (or whatever it's called) and I see a bunch of these start popping up:
<3>hdc: lost interrupt
Any idea how to fix?
Fedora wont install
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Linux Frank
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Your system is probably hanging waiting for an interrupt from the IDE bus
I think the work around is to do something like pass
linux ide=nodma
at the boot option.
But you might want some confirmation for that first. I remember passing some IDE parameters when I had detection issues with a very old CD-RW, but I don't know a hell of a lot about this.
Alternatively you might want to create one of the special boot disks, say the one for the IDE bus. The manual should give this information.
I think the work around is to do something like pass
linux ide=nodma
at the boot option.
But you might want some confirmation for that first. I remember passing some IDE parameters when I had detection issues with a very old CD-RW, but I don't know a hell of a lot about this.
Alternatively you might want to create one of the special boot disks, say the one for the IDE bus. The manual should give this information.
I think Linux Frank is right on the money here. At the grub menu press "a" and add "ide=nodma" as Linux Frank suggested, then ENTER. If that doesn't do it there are other kernel params that may get it going. The other thing I'm wondering is jumper settings on the drive. Some machine/drive combos can all be set to CS but some have to be set specifically to master/slave. I've had strange things happen in that case where it "almost" seems to work, but once getting the jumpers right all is well.
Yay. it works now.
Now the hard part...
I've got my cablew modem hooked up to the server (eth1). At the package selection scrren I selected Text based internet (or something like that). My cable ISP requires that all people enter the netbios name of the computer to some website of theirs before we are able to make use of the connection. After configuring samba, how would I go about getting to that website and changing the settings? Maybe I should have installed X seeing as I'm a linux noob :p
Now the hard part...
I've got my cablew modem hooked up to the server (eth1). At the package selection scrren I selected Text based internet (or something like that). My cable ISP requires that all people enter the netbios name of the computer to some website of theirs before we are able to make use of the connection. After configuring samba, how would I go about getting to that website and changing the settings? Maybe I should have installed X seeing as I'm a linux noob :p
NetBIOS name? You have *got* to be kidding me?!? I would have to have a little talk with them about that. Tell them you don't run NetBIOS for security reasons and have them give you another way in. What provider do you have? Can you give me a link to their web site? I am half tempted to call them myself.
ISP - Insight BB.
www.insightbb.com
Every time I have to hook the modem up to a different computer, nothing works. When I try to access a webpage, a page will come up saying the computer is not registered to use the internet or some junk like that. It then asks for the computer name. I'll try to grab the link and the text from the page when I get home.
www.insightbb.com
Every time I have to hook the modem up to a different computer, nothing works. When I try to access a webpage, a page will come up saying the computer is not registered to use the internet or some junk like that. It then asks for the computer name. I'll try to grab the link and the text from the page when I get home.
Ok then.. would have gotten the rest of the stuff when I got home like I said I would, but oddly enough, my itnernet was down all day and until about 5 minutes ago today.
Can't grab the text from the page, but it says to enter the name of the computer or router. Even if it isn't the netbios name, I still need to add a name for the server or something, so how would I go about using this "text based internet" thingy.
Can't grab the text from the page, but it says to enter the name of the computer or router. Even if it isn't the netbios name, I still need to add a name for the server or something, so how would I go about using this "text based internet" thingy.
It looks like this might help:
http://www.luci.org/luci-discuss/200308/msg00023.html
I really can't help you other than that since I don't have to do any of that. One thing I've noticed in my searches is you are supposed to put your account information in that web page, not your computer name.
http://www.luci.org/luci-discuss/200308/msg00023.html
I really can't help you other than that since I don't have to do any of that. One thing I've noticed in my searches is you are supposed to put your account information in that web page, not your computer name.
Odd... it doesn't ask me for account info, just the computer name. Anyway... that stuff aside, how would I go about getitng to that website via the command line to change anything? I apparently have no text based web browser installed, or if I do I haven't the slightest idea what the name is. I also cant seem to browse the cdrom for some reason (/mnt/cdrom isn't it?). Even when I have a cd-rom in the the drive it appears empty.
Managed to get to the palce where I like register my computer and junk.