[TriLUG] Install hell

[David A. Cafaro]

Just an idea, but you did make sure that the CD-ROM is set to slave and
not cable select, and the HD is Master and not cable select.  I've read
a couple of places that dell likes to set it at cable select.

On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 20:50, Robert A. Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Christopher Knowles wrote:
> 
> > Well, I don't have any specific advice... other than to say that I've got a 
> > XPS R 450 with 256 MB RAM that I've installed RH7.2 on.  The only difference 
> > is that I don't have a maxtor ATA-100 controller.
> > 
> > Could you try the install with the motherboard IDE controller?  I know that 
> > Dell's can get cranky with some hardware.
> > 
> > CJK
> 
> I tried it with the motherboards IDE controller. It was flaking out
> in very similar ways. That's when I decided to go buy a Maxtor ATA-100
> controller. Looks like I'm $40 in the hole on that one. :-/
> 
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