It sounds like a hardware fault. I had such a problem and ended up replacing
the memory chip.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duczyminski, Patrick (P.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:06 PM
Subject: [expert] Install Problems
> I am not new to installing Mandrake but I've never come across a problem
> like this before. While installing I do my filesystem layout pick the
> applications I want then it starts to load the software. During the load
> the system will just lock. I have no mouse movement, my cdrom stop but my
> hard drive light stays on. The system will not come back no matter how
long
> I wait. I have tried installing a bare bones load but it does the same
> thing. To verify it wasn't a hard disk or other problem I've loaded 6.1
and
> 7.1 and each loads and functions fine, but the 7.2 load will not work.
I've
> tried running the patch.pl and changing my ides to noautotune but that
still
> doesn't work. I am at a loss as to what to try next. I've been trying
to
> load this now for a few days and haven't been successful yet. Any help
> would be appreciated.
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