What bootloader were you using previously? Maybe LILO would work better. Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Big G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 10:09 AM Subject: [expert] Fwd: 7.1 -> 7.2 upgrade hangs at stage 1 on reboot > I originally posted this to newbie but I haven't > gotten any response so maybe it's for the experts... > > Thanks, > G > --- Big G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:06:20 -0800 (PST) > > From: Big G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: 7.1 -> 7.2 upgrade hangs at stage 1 on > > reboot > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hello all, > > > > I had a working Mandrake 7.1 installation on an > > older > > Dell XPS200 Pentium Pro system using SCSI disks and > > ReiserFS. > > > > The 2 CD upgrade to 7.2 seemed to go fine (although > > it > > took hours) then it was time to reboot. I removed > > the > > CD, rebooted, my SCSI stuff was detected, "stage 1" > > (from Grub, I believe) prints to the screen, and > > there > > it sits. I've left it at that point overnight and > > nothing else happened so it is definately hung. One > > might say, "well hung". > > > > I restarted the install, got to the point that my > > disks were mounted and checked out etc/boot/. > > Everything appeared to be pointed to the right disks > > and so forth, but that was my first time in that > > directory so I could have missed something. > > > > What's up? The archives haven't revealed anything > > to > > me. It's bad enough my primary workstation is a > > PPro > > 200, but at least it worked. Oh the humanity... > > > > TIA, > > -G > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - > > only $35 > > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > >
