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LimeGreenPatato
06-13-2003, 04:59 PM
Ok, so i downloaded mandrake 9.1 a while ago and tried to install it. It goes for about a minute, loads the program, then detecting usb devices, then it fails. It gives me the error, Cannot load second stage ramdisk, and then thats it.

At first i thought it was the MD5sums, so i downloaded new isos with the right sums but it still gives me the same errors. I've unplugged everything i could and tryed to install ,no luck.

Any ideas...no one has been able to come up with a solution yet.
Force Flow
06-13-2003, 08:47 PM
Do you have a USB mouse and/or keyboard? If you have PS/2 adapters, try booting up with them.
LimeGreenPatato
06-13-2003, 09:27 PM
I just found out mandrake doesn't support nVidia chipsets, which i have....so i'm guessing that is the probelm.


Anyone know another distro i could use? Since i don't know linux i wanted to start with the more user friendly distros.
Force Flow
06-13-2003, 10:53 PM
Hmm... My board has the nForce chipset (the first version), and it picks everything up. Do you have an nForce or nForce2 chipset?

What are your system specs?
LimeGreenPatato
06-14-2003, 12:41 AM
nForce420 chipset

umm i got an Asus A7N266, integrated video and sound. Athlon Xp 1900+, 256 DDR dram, 60 gig maxtor, dvd 16x, yamaha burner......