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greggh

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Posted: June 20 2006,07:35

It gets to

Probing SCSI... aic7xxx.0

and just hangs there.

I have a nForce3 motherboard, Sempron 2800, 2 SATA drives. I don't have any SCSI drives. I've successfully booted and ran Ubuntu, Puppy, Slax, and Austrumi without any problems. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks.

kerry

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Posted: June 20 2006,08:53

Use cheat code >dsl noscsi

roberts

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Posted: June 20 2006,14:52

dsl is designed for older computers.
SATA drives are not normally installed in older computers.
There is no support for SATA drives in 3.0.
You may wish to try dsl-n, which does not have a size limitation which prevents me from using a newer kernel and much more device support. Use the right tool for the right job. Realize what dsl is all about.

Ivo

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Posted: June 20 2006,16:25

actually, for me (and i bet for lots of others), dsl is all abou carrying your own desktop with you on a USB key or a small device. and that small device should be bootable on all computers.

greggh

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Posted: June 20 2006,16:37

Thanks for the info everybody. As Ivo said, DSL for me too is about having one OS I can use on my own computer and carry with me in my pocket on a business card CD that I can use on any other PC with a CD drive when I'm traveling. I just put together this SATA PC so I didn't realize till now that it didn't support SATA. The problem with DSL-N is it won't fit on a business card CD, and you often run into older PC's that can't boot from USB. Oh well, I guess this is just a problem that can't be solved in 50 MB.

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