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Title: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: megacrypto on April 09, 2008, 03:38:57 pm
Hi all,

First time trying to setup LinuxMCE and looking forward to doing so. I downloaded the DVD [linuxMCE-DVD-0710Beta4-amd64.iso] and when it starts i get the selection screen and select install, then it goes to show the kubuntu screen with progressbar and then goes in that error:

[xxxxxxxxxx] buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0

my hardware is:
MB: Gigabyte GA-MA78G-S2h
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4400+
HD: Hitachi 500GB SATA
DVD Rom: Lite-On SATA
No graphic card (the chipset on the mb is enough for now)
RAM: 2GB

Now i read that sata drives cause some problems with the installation, but which drive: the DVD or the HD? and is there any work around?

thanks all
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: teedge77 on April 09, 2008, 04:01:24 pm
i think (it has been a while though) that the problem with SATA was mixing SATA and PATA (IDE) stuff. also...just to check....did you check the md5 on both the dvd and iso?
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: megacrypto on April 09, 2008, 04:05:20 pm
no i did not .. how do you do that?

i downloaded the file from here: http://www.digglinux.com/software/Ubuntu/linuxMCE/beta/
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: teedge77 on April 09, 2008, 04:10:23 pm
http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/198/md5-checksum-how-to/ (http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/198/md5-checksum-how-to/)
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: megacrypto on April 09, 2008, 05:04:00 pm
i think i have a problem, i erased the iso file i downloaded.

will LinuxMCE work with ubuntu, i have downloaded the 7.10 ubuntu, if i install that, will the setup cd's work with it? or does it have to be kbunut?


update: ubuntu cd made the same error :)
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: teedge77 on April 09, 2008, 05:24:47 pm
you can make an iso from the dvd you have. also...it has to be kubuntu.
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: megacrypto on April 09, 2008, 06:54:05 pm
i disabled the floppy drive from bios (which i dont have a floppy on the machine actually) but now i get this BusyBox screen with the prompt at initramfs??
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: deffcon on April 09, 2008, 08:40:31 pm
Hi,


I had this problem to on my asus p5k just turn acpi on ENABLED and you can install it without getting the busybox.

Dave
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: megacrypto on April 09, 2008, 09:30:50 pm
i have under Power Management Setup - ACPI Suspend Type which has only two options: S3(STR) or S1(POS) and i tried both. What hapens is now is that after the kbunutu show the splash screen with the progressbar, it just goes into a black screen with the prompt just flashing at the top of the screen and stays there, nothing after.
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: craasch on April 09, 2008, 11:24:14 pm
Try this... from http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=4500.0  It sounds similar.
........
I had the same problem with my amd 64 x2 4200+ am2 socket.

I found a solution to get the install DVD to boot and run through install, I needed to do the same thing to install from Kubuntu 710 64bit version.

when it first starts and you get the install option, press F6.  Scroll to the right of the boot options, replace the ".../initrd.gz quiet splash --" with ".../initrd.gz quiet noapic --" at the end of the string.

It still have a couple errors, but after a minute or so went through.
.......
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: megacrypto on April 09, 2008, 11:46:03 pm
well i changed the type of how sata is receognised in the bios (cant really remember to which one right now, the setup is copying the dvd to the drive) but right now it moved past the no hard drive error and ... we'll see how this works.

i will post exactly to which type i changed it to after this run is finished and i can restart

edit:

i had to change it to AHCI & as SATA Type (not IDE), but also i had to attach my ide dvd to install from, it wouldn't install from the sata dvd... its copying dvd right now (i restarted in the middle to remove the ide as its not part of the pc and i thought it will be better to setup, if possible, with whats going to stay in it :) )

anyways, will update again when (if) install goes ok :)
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: megacrypto on April 10, 2008, 01:01:24 am
dead end ... not working... after copying the dvd, when it restarted it just got stuck...

now im startig from scratch

craasch: i tried this noapic change, but still nothing
Title: Re: Installation Error: Buffer I/O on device fd0
Post by: totallymaxed on April 10, 2008, 02:45:24 pm
dead end ... not working... after copying the dvd, when it restarted it just got stuck...

now im startig from scratch

craasch: i tried this noapic change, but still nothing



Hmmm... so it copied the DVD to your drive and then rebooted... right?

Then you got a Kubuntu boot up progress bar?

Then the screen went blank?

If yes then that is normal... its the AVwizard trying to figure out what screen & connector etc you are using. See the AVwizard Wiki page for details of which numeric keys to use to set the connector and resolution for your screen http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/AVWizard#What_to_do_if_A.2FV_Wizard_does_not_start (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/AVWizard#What_to_do_if_A.2FV_Wizard_does_not_start)

Hope this helps

Andrew
Title: Re: 7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: megacrypto on April 10, 2008, 05:44:54 pm
i beleive my problems lie in the following:
1. The hard drive mode setup in bios: if i have it as ide then nothing runs after hitting start install, if i have it as AHCI SATA then the installation works but no boot after (totallymaxed i will try you solution right now)
2. the mobo is based on ATI HD3200 chip which is not very easy to figure out on the kubuntu

i beleive that these are my major points
Title: Re: 7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: teedge77 on April 10, 2008, 05:53:25 pm
have you checked to make sure the SATA HD is plugged into the right SATA port? sorry...just makin sure. Or by "no boot" did you mean black screen after kubuntu splash screen?
Title: Re: 7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: megacrypto on April 10, 2008, 05:57:40 pm
right now im at selecting which drive to setup on and i only have one drive.. its being formated and its shown as /dev/sda .. so i guess its connected alright

edit 1:
im actually trying the i386 DVD instead of the AMD one to see if this works better ... but by now i beleive that my problem lies within the graphics adaptor and nothing else

edit 2:
setup finished and now when it rebooted i got grub 18 error, so i switched the sttings of hard drive to sata, now i can get past grub. I get the kubuntu splash screen and it hangs there.

edit 3:
after a while i get the BusyBox promot with initramfs
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: megacrypto on April 10, 2008, 10:43:35 pm
wooooow ... it turned to be as simple as i really dont know what:

Well no need to change anything in BIOS, it will work fine with hard drives set as IDE. Also no need to add an IDE DVD, the SATA one works fine. The entire problem was in the wiring of the SATA cables, I had them in wrong order. The mobo has 5 SATA ports, and i thought i had them in the right order, but going back to the mobo's manual, i found out i wasn't. So:
- DVD goes into SATAII port 0 (to enable booting from it, if put in port 1 the system will not see it if hard drive has already a system installed on it)
- Hard drive goes into SATAII port 1
- Press F6 in installation screen and add the following:

and that's it :) nothing more ...:) :) :)
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: teedge77 on April 10, 2008, 11:11:08 pm
huh....someone should have suggested you check the order of the cables.  :P
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: megacrypto on April 11, 2008, 04:19:37 pm
well :) learning does not come easy, and the more one looks for answers, i guess you end up collecting alot of useful info along the way
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: teedge77 on April 11, 2008, 04:26:22 pm
i am sure you wont make that same mistake again also  ;)
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: gunsmoke on April 12, 2008, 09:09:49 pm
MB: Gigabyte GA-MA78G-S2h
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4400+
HD: Hitachi 500GB SATA
DVD Rom: Lite-On SATA
RAM: 2GB

Hi megacrypto, how did the installation come along? Would you report the functionlity of that mobo. I am looking at the Gigabyte GA-MA78G-S2h, and I am hoping that it would support UI3 or at least UI2. And also, does it have PXE booting/nettwork boot capability ::)

Regards
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: megacrypto on April 13, 2008, 03:49:11 am
To be fair ...  runs great under win xp, and this is my first run on linux based system, having said that, as far as the graphic interface i could only get it to work UI1, UI2 and 3 won't kick. As for PXE booting, i really have no clue what that is :)
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA dr
Post by: 1audio on April 13, 2008, 08:44:56 am
The AMD/ATI graphics support won't do UI2 overlay or blended. Its a driver problem with the ATI drivers. Only Nvidia has support for the functionality to get that working.
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA dr
Post by: itspac on April 13, 2008, 04:10:44 pm
The AMD/ATI graphics support won't do UI2 overlay or blended. Its a driver problem with the ATI drivers. Only Nvidia has support for the functionality to get that working.

I've used UI2 overlay with an older ATI card (X1900 series)that had driver support from ATI. Unfortunately the chip on this motherboard does not have ATI support in Linux yet. 

How is audo support with this Mobo are you able to use the opticle output?
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: gunsmoke on April 13, 2008, 10:16:32 pm
Thanks for your update on the mobo megacrypto :)

By the way PXE is network booting capability, used in MD for disk less installing throug a dedicated Core installation (eg uses no disk in MD, but is booting from a image on the core)

On a Sapphire Radeon 9600Pro 128MB, that was installed on MD that I tried out, did work in UI2 simple mode on a standard 710b4 install. So hopfully the 780 card will be supported soon in linux cause it would be great for HTPC use due to low heat emission/power use.
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA drives
Post by: megacrypto on April 14, 2008, 01:45:32 pm
itspac: I have not really got to testing the sound, see im stuck with activating the remote that came with my case, and until now i had no luck with it, but will let you know as soon as i can figure out the remote.

gunsmoke: well i really don't think i will be able to test PXE, since that will require that i build another box, and honestly i can't put any of my other boxes down right now, not before i can get this one to run in full functions.
Title: Re: [FIXED]7.10 DVD Installation Failed: AMD Athlon X2 + AMD 780G mobo w SATA dr
Post by: nite_man on July 22, 2008, 11:31:03 am
I'm interested to know about performance of ATI Radeon HD3200. Is it possible to playback HD video (720p or 1080p)? How is UI2 with overlay? Did you install the latest drivers for ATI cards as it suggested in the wiki - http://tinyurl.com/6b9p3k (http://tinyurl.com/6b9p3k)?

ATI RadeonTM 1250 works fine for me - UI2 with overlay and 1080p playback.