Re: HELP!:INSTALLING

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From: hague
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:00

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Donovan Baarda <abo@minkirri.apana.org.au> wrote:
>: Please help me with this!  I am trying to install RedHat ver. 4.0 of Linux!
>:  Todo this,  you must use a boot disk. When I stick in the Linus boot disk,
>:  It says omething like this, 
>
>: "LILO BOOT:
>: Starting Linux:...
>: Decompressing Linux files"
>
>: Then it comes up with an error message that says 
>: crc error
>: system halted
>
>I get this too on one of my machines. This particular machine is an
>AMD486DX4-100 running with a buggy UMC640B EIDE controler chip. Is the
>640B responsible? Will booting with a new kernel with 640B workarounds
>compiled in work?

I had this on my home 486DX4-100; it occurred when decompressing the RAM disc.
I don't know from here (work) what EIDE controller I have.

RedHat's FTP site has some updated boot disc images which thankfully made
the problem go away.

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Date: 1997/01/16
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