Troubleshooting a problem install

[Evan Leibovitch]

Jamon Camisso wrote:
> Sounds exactly like a problem I was having with an install for a friend 
> a while back. Turns out it was a matter of making sure the cdrom was on 
> the proper IDE channel (not the extra E-IDE on board that looked like it 
> was the primary). That and making sure to turn off RAID in the BIOS as 
> you want Linux to look after that.
>   

The system can boot from the CD/DVD drive but cannot find it to do the
install. That essentially makes it impossible to do any kind of load or
install.

There's no onboard RAID, and there's only one "parallel" IDE header.
The mobo is a brand new Intel DG965RY, using a dual-core CPU.

> But of course... Just make sure it runs Fluxbox :)
>   
Right now I'll be happy to get past busybox, which is the only thing I
can get to short of a system freeze. :-P

- Evan