On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 14:50, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) writes: > > > I have a Compaq Armada M700 notebook which I have successfully installed > > Cooker at least 15 times on in the past 3 months. > > > > The last few kernel updates have introduced some instability and > > lock-ups on this notebook. After a period of being up, the system hard > > freezes and has to be manually rebooted. > > > > I just attempted a fresh install this morning - and it froze up during > > the package install section (on libhermes1 package) - Total lockup, not > > keyboard - no disk activity - nothing, nada, zip! > > > > I suspect something is broke in the latest kernel but can't confirm > > this. Anyone? > > You'll have to try with "noauto", "expert", and with a 2.2.19 > based alternative boot floppy. >
Must have been a fluke - I rebooted the notebook after the freeze and started a new install again (from same boot image - network.img) - everything installed fine this time .. . strange. Thx, R.Fox
