For what it's worth, I had a problem that prevented LM7.2 from installing and
solved it by adding the kernel option
ide1=serialize
to the install where ide1 was my cdrom. It turns out that the cdrom-ide
driver was upgraded going to the kernel in 7.2. The newer cdrom-ide driver
is perhaps more efficient and pushes the hardware harder so my VIA chipset
would screw up occasionally. The problem was just bad enough to prevent a
large install, but I could sometimes get through a smaller 900 MB install.
The system would hang hard at a different place each time with ctl-alt-del
ineffective. This was in a 14-machine computer lab and all machines had
this problem with 7.2 but no problem with 7.1.
Craig Van Degrift
On Wednesday 07 February 2001 17:33, you wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> I have a friend who is trying to install Mandrake Linux 7.2 as we speak.
> However, he seems to have some problems concerning the initialization of
> his ide-controllers.
>
> At the first reboot during installation, the system freezes and goes into
> hard lockup after the initialization of ide0 and ide1. After that he is
> forced to do a hard-reboot to get the system going again. This problem
> also occurs when he adds the linux ide0=noautotune line.
>
> Is there anyone who has some experience with this problem? If so, I would
> really appreciate some feedback.
>
> With kind regards, thanks in advance,
>
> Maarten
>
> --
> Maarten Van Horenbeeck
> E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cell. +00 32(0496)32 52 46
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