Warty and Hoary Installation Problem

[David Heintz]

No, I didn't compile my own kernel, but tried a fresh install from newly 
downloaded Warty and Hoary discs. My MB is a ASUS P4C800-Deluxe, with a 
Promise PDC20378 controller.

/David


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Adam Membrey wrote:

> David Heintz wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I downloaded the preview release of Hoary, as well as Warty, and tried to
> > do a clean install on a Segate SATA drive (got the 386-versions for my
> > Intel CPU). Things seems to be OK, unti the CD pops out, and the machine
> > goes for a reboot. Here I get stuck at the GRUB prompt.
> > 
> > I tried typing "boot" only to get the reply "Error 8: Kernel must be
> > loaded before booting". How to get pass this?
> > 
> > I recently had a working SuSE 9.2 system on the same HDD. Just formatted
> > the drive to install Ubuntu instead. Thus things should be OK? Is it the
> > "normal" installation procedure to get this GRUB prompt, having to type
> > "boot" to continue?
> > 
> > Help would be mostly appreciated!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > David
> > 
> 
> Might be a redundant question, however did you compile your own kernel ?
> what SATA controller are you using?
> 
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