On Thursday 10 May 2001 16:10, Steven Bradtke wrote:
> I have a problem installing either RH 7.1 or Mandrake 8.0.
>
> In either case, installation never really starts. I'm
> allowed to choose installation mode, after which the initial
> boot system is loaded from the CD ROM and the hardware
> system is checked over. However, when it comes time for the
> installation utility to come up, the system just hangs. For
> example, in Mandrake 8.0 installation, I finally get a
> message about drinking eggs and welcome to linux
> mandrake. Then the system completely freezes. Selection of
> any other installation mode, such as expert, rescue, or text all
> lead to a freeze up at the same point. RH 7.1 exhibits the same
> behavior.
>
> I had no problems at all installing RH 7.0 or Mandrake 7.2
> on the same system. I`m using an Abit VP6 dual processor
> motherboard, with 2 P-III 800`s, 3 HDD`s (windows installed
> on 1), a cdrom, and a cd-rw. Using an SB Live sound card,
> and an Asus AGP-7100 graphics card.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
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> Steven Bradtke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Are the CDrom and CDRW on the same channel?
Have you tried
making boot disks from file:/mnt/cdrom/images/alternatives
on the install CD? Several problems related to flaky signals are overcome by
one of those install kernels
....
Civileme
