COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 11:01:42AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote:
>
>I downloaded the ISO image again. this time, I ran md5sum on it.
>same as the website. I copied it to Windows 2000 and burnt it with 
>cdrwin 5. No error in the burning prodcess but it still didn't installed 
>(saying that COL cannot be installed on the machien. consult the .. brah...)

Are you sure that you have a compatible CPU?  The Caldera server
installations require a Pentium II or better while the workstation installs
work on lesser processors.

>My very first ISO (downloaded about 6 months ago) worked flawlessly. But 
>that CDROM was scratched badly. I don't understand...
>
>On the other hand, is the installation process picky on harddisk? I 
>found that the gentoo 1.4rc2 booted happily on my new MAxtor D740X 60G 
>hardidks, but not on the older Quantum Fireball LM 20G harddisk. gentoo 
>freezed at "partition checking: /dev/hda" when booted with the 20G 
>Fireball LM.

I've had quite bad experiences with Quantum drives, and avoid them wherever
possible.  The newer large capacity IDE drives may require newer BIOS if
you're running an old main board.

Bill
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