On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> This happened to me too when I was installing Mandrake on my laptop.
> However it tends to happen when you load the PCMCIA boot disk. You might
> try not loading PCMCIA or just being moving really quickly through the
> install. I don't know why that is happening though.
>
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Neil K. Erickson wrote:
>
> > I have recently tried to install Mandrake6.1 on a hp omnibook.
> > Everything goes smoothly until the mouseconfig part of the install
> > hangs. The message on the screen is:
> > Probing found some type of PS/2 mouse on port psaux.
> > The keyboard and the mouse get locked up and I have to reboot. Does
> > anyone know what is happening?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Neil
> >
Try moving the mouse/joystick/ruber thingy ever so slightly durring the install
process. I know it sounds crazy but its a trick to get Caldera installed on
toshiba laptops <documented I may add in the news groups>. It may do the rick
for you if your using the pcmcia.img
best
Chris
