PCI Device problem - maybe

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:03:12PM -0400, Merv Curley wrote:
> I don't know the search terms to use so maybe someone here has the answer.
> 
> A older computer here has been operating quite well, GigaByte MB and an Athlon 
> 900 Mhz CPU and a few days ago I decided to install a new O.S. to the H.D.
> 
> Well there seems to be no way this is going to happen.  Commercial DVD's and 
> home made CD's all fail at some point during the install to HD. Distro's that 
> start as a Live system all do that ok  but then fail during the install. 
> Commercial DVD's which have been fine, SuSE 10.2, FC-6, Mepis 6, Ubuntu 6.10 
> all fail. My CD .iso's which have worked, fail here.  The install gets to  
> 10% and up to 40% before it quits
> 
> The only clue so far is from Debian systems [ Kubuntu and Kanotix ] which 
> report this error but start the installation.  
> 
> PCI :  Cannot allocate resource region 1 of device 0000:00:0c.0
>                                     ditto                               2
>        and regions 3, 4, 5
> 
> I have replaced the  Hard drive and the DVD reader without changing what 
> happens.  The old H.D. and CD Burner are disconnected.  I realize this is 
> sketchy info, but I don't want to make this longer unless someone thinks they 
> can help.  I have no idea what that Device is or if it is a problem.

What have you tried to install and which versions?  Which kernel version
do those use?  Which chipset does the motherboard have?  Any chance you
have some bad ram in there?  Is the bios up to date?

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