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Redhat 8.0 wont install on new WD 20 gig HD

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Old March 29th, 2003, 07:25 PM
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Redhat 8.0 wont install on new WD 20 gig HD
Im stumped! I bought a new 20 gig WD200BB hardrive for my Redhat box & tried to do a new install. Evertime I try I get kernel panic or failed, it OK to reboot your system. I did get 1/2 way thru the install the third time (just past picking the packges to install & bango, screen went black, got termination dribble & then its ok to reboot you machine.....what is up with that?
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Asus P5A mobo
AMD K6-2 500 CPU
NEW Western digital WD200BB harddrive (20 gig, 7200 rpm)
Tried 3 CD roms
GeForce AGP video

The ONLY thing that has changed is the harddrive. If I put the 2 old 5400 rpm, 4.5 gig drives back in she fires up & runs like lightning.....
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Old March 29th, 2003, 07:33 PM
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Could be a bad hard drive. Try running some diagnostic programs on it (believe WD has some on their site).

That's an "old" motherboard. Is the BIOS capable of using a 20G drive properly?
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Old March 29th, 2003, 07:39 PM
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I thought of that, so I hooked it up to another machine & had windows 2000 installed in no time with no problems at all.... Im attempting a Mandrake 9 load right now

I did a bios upgrade , supports the 20 gig no problem
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Old March 29th, 2003, 07:56 PM
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have you looked at this thread
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Old March 29th, 2003, 09:27 PM
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Yup read that before I posted here, my bios is already set to lba supprt.

I just finsihed a full Mandrake 9 install with no erros like I got in Redhat, any clues.....I really dont have time to be monkeying aroudn figuring our Mandrake at this point...Im quite used to Redhat (for better or worse)
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Old March 30th, 2003, 11:14 AM
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Thanks Spoot for the point in the right direction, it wasnt actually Redhat, or the mobo or the hardrive. It was a combination of the hardrive - mobo not "playing nice" together. I hooked the drive up to a newer mobo with a 1gig T'Bird & the install FLEW thru without so much as a wimper.

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Old March 30th, 2003, 11:21 AM
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Great! Glad to hear you got it working ok now.
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