fock neow1n Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Version 6.06 I boot to the cd choose install CD or test CD the screen says loading filesystem( I think thats what it says) and just stays there or gives me an error, an error message I can't remember right now. Dual booting with XP. SATA hard drive. What's the problem? I'll try to get that message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alladaskill17 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Had that too, except it stopped and wouldnt continue after loaading whatever NRG files are... need help to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 24, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 24, 2006 Without the error message, I don't think there can be much done to help. :unsure: Could be related to your SATA, or perhaps you use multiple drives in a software RAID? Not a lot for anyone to work on at this point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fock neow1n Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 Errors were "Timeout waiting for DMA" and "Drive not ready for command". This is after the root filesystem is mounted or in the process of being mounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 25, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 25, 2006 Well, that makes this very odd, indeed! SATA doesn't use DMA. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Could be a problem with the CD or the CD drive. Make sure the CD is clean and if you can re-burn it at a slow speed. I've had trouble burning isos at normal speeds, but then re-burning at slower speeds works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fock neow1n Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 I've got a burnt cd and a cd directly from the Ubuntu website, both seem to go through the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmay Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 can you mount the drive properly from the live cd system? sounds like it hasn't detected ur hard drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadCap Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I had a bugger of a time getting Dapper to finally boot off the live cd. the trick for me...was to hit escape when you get to the choices screen and type in "live pci=nodma ide=nodma" otherwise it would freeze at the same place...and i have sata...so i have no idea about the dma. Good luck though it's worth it in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fock neow1n Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 the ide=nodma option worked. I think my cd-rom is interfering or perhaps IDE channels are being scanned before sata/scsi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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