Thanks Ben and Rick for the suggestions.   I would like to say that XP SP1
has been on this machine before, so I think the BIOS is OK, but it won't
install now.  Win 98se was on the machine when I did the upgrade, and it
went slick...even detected the ISA modem and installed drivers.  Due to a
botched linux (my fault) install, the partition got messed up and XP would
not boot.  I am trying to recover and the machine now has different memory,
HD, and cables, but the result is the same.  I have tried all the single
processor options in the initial APCI (F6, F5) screen.  Some files start to
copy, but usually about 5%, some file cannot copy and the retry also fails.
It is not usually the same file, but is has been on occasion, but the
repeaters vary, eg fonts, then qdvd.dll for example.  I am able to install
Win98 from the CD, copy it to disc, and also restore from a disc image(wish
I had imaged the XP!!!!)  In rereading Ben's note, maybe I should have just
pressed F5 instead of F6, F5.   I'll try that tomorrow when I get back to
the machine.

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In the XP install, right at the beginning where it say press F6 to install
3rd party drivers, press F5 and you'll get a menu of what kind of system you
want to install.  You can avoid ACPI there and select the generic HAL.


Ben Moore






----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Glazier" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows XP/machine problems






> Two things come to mind.
> Your BIOS can't be compatible with XP since XP changes all the rules about
> how a BIOS and the OS inter-react... (This is a feature, not a bug...)
> Some where right near the beginning of the XP installation, you need to
hit a key
> that will allow you to "force" a generic HAL. (Hardware Abstraction
Layer.)
> You want one with NO power management. (That is what ACPI stands for.)
>
> As far as files not found when you KNOW they are there during an install.
> I get that when my RAM is marginally defective.  You might want to beg,
(or
> borrow) some different RAM.   Good luck...
>
>                                  Rick Glazier
>
> From: "GeorgeMary" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Machine is homebuilt...AOpen MX3ZA motherboard w/Award BIOS rev 1.02
Oct
> > 99...latest version I could find.  Celeron running at 400mhz, 192m RAM,
30G
> > WD harddrive, samsung CDROM and HiVal CDRW.  System was Windows XP SP1.
> > After a failed linux install with a bad CD my XP installation would not
> > boot.  The partitioning to ext3 and swap was already done. I tried to
> > reinstall, but the setup said it couldn't copy various files(usually
> > qdvd.dll among others) and would exit when I tried to skip the files.  I
> > then copied the XP CD to the Harddrive and tried from there.  Still same
> > response.  Figuring a hardware problem I reformated and installed
Windows
> > 98se from the CD and everything went fine...from either drive.  I then
tried
> > to reinstall XP.  The files seemed to copy OK but then after the initial
> > restart I got a black screen saying Line 157 of INF file \txtsetup.sif
is
> > invalid.  I tried to look at line 157 of the file while in Win98, but
there
> > were no line numbers.  A Google search on the file had something to do
with
> > ACPI, so I changed the line as they(JSI) suggested, but still the same
> > response.  I have torn the machine apart and reassembled, disabled cache
in
> > BIOS (desperate) and nothing seems to change.  Rapidly approaching the
hair
> > removal stage.  Has anyone had this or a similar problem?


George&Mary Skokan ([log in to unmask])

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