HD Install :: In some computers, installation get stucked
I had a simular problem with 2 old puters....unusual solution but
it worked....booted with old win98 boot disk...ran scandisk....it found
errors but did not repair them.....then formated with win98 floppy....
at the end of the format got a simular error message to yours...
something about sector 0...been too long...can't remember the
rest of it.......said it would attempt to repair.....if I remember
correctly it did not say if it could repair or not....just finished.
Then I used Qparted live CD to partition with ext3 and swap....To
my suprise...DSL then installed easily......One was an old HP....the
other was home built.
I tried DSL-N but also didn't work.. gets the same error...
I will try this solution with the Win98 stuff from bilyardman, and then i post back the result.
Thanks y'all again...
If you really wan't to use DSL then i could send you a new kernel, would you like to try it? It works for me so it might work for you too.
If someone has problematic SIS hd controller on your motherboard, just let me know and i will upload the kernel somewhere so you could try it out.
Hello Someone, PLEASE upload this new kernel for me? it would be perfect if it works!
I would be veryyyy grateful...
Do you have a server for uploading it?
Ok. It's now uploaded to Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/fi/?d=LZAIDUQO
Small instructions on how to do it:
1. Take the hd out of the sis machine and partition your hd: Dev/hda1 As root and dev/hda2 as swap
2. Do a DSL hd install to that hd (use grub)
3. Then boot to your dsl system
4. Download the new kernel to hd and unpack the files from the package to correct places:
Boot folder's files to boot folder and 2.4.29 folder to /lib/modules/
5. Move the hd back to the SIS box.
6. Power up your box and as grub appears choose the second one.
It should work like that.
Just to mention that this kernel has been taken from Vector linux 5.1 or 5.0, and that means that this kernel might not be compatible with some DSL programs.
And don't blame me if your box blows off and you loose your hand or your house burns to the ground.
And also, i'am not an expert with linux so this is just an another amateur way to go around the problems 
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