Forwarding from NG. What's up with bug database as well? In case somebody wished to contact original author ... sorry guy has mangled address. His choice :-)
======================================================== "bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].. . > Michael Beddow wrote: > > 8.2 beta 2 seems to have a show-stopper on my Elite K7S5A (Sis 735) board. > > The install freezes when diskdrake launches. > > > > If I install on another m/b with a different chipset and transfer the > > installation back to the K7S5A, the bootup freezes at "Remounting root > > filesystem as read-write". > > > > This is reproducible at will. I guess it's some sort of DMA issue. > > > > 8.1 installs and runs fine on this kit. > Have you reported this apparent bug to Mandrake? (Also running a K7S5A.)-- Nope! I felt it was so important that I did waste (another) hour trying to get a login to their system, but as usual no hope. Tried also to get a new ID since my old one was rejected, but the server just replies that it's emailing a password, and it never does. The one bad thing about Mandrake IMHO is that they make providing feedback so darned difficult. Michael
