> > How big is this disk? Does the kernel detect it properly? When it seems > > to freeze can you hit ALT+F2 to the other console window and see if the > > machine is still alive? > The disk is around 36GB. The kernel seems to detect it all right. > When I say "console", I mean RJ45 console cable through Serial A. > Meaning, one single tty, an no additionnal tty that would allow me to look > at logs / try something using a shell. > Otherwise, yes, the machine is alive (ctrl+sth brought me back to the > "initialize partition" menu). > > It really seemed as if the install goes OK as long as there is not too > much disk access. Formating a swap is still OK, formating a more > reasonable partition (1 GB for /) is not.
After you cancel out of the hung format, can you then go down to "Execute shell" in the install menu and do a "dmesg" from the shell to see if there was any kernel output? -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
