as i understand it.. one of the differences might be the way the 2.4.x kernel handles USB. could it be in theses servers? a USB and serial port irq conflict? On Wednesday 11 July 2001 05:14, Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r) wrote: > I am having the same exact problem, also with the same hardware. Help! > > Seek3r > > "Karl Davenport" wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have a bit of a problem. > > > > My company has several high-volume servers running Mandrake Linux, and > > all have been recently upgraded to 8.0 with no problems. However, on the > > two Compaq 1850r (Pentium III 550, Intel chipset) I was just sent, 8.0 > > will not install. 7.2 installs without a hitch, but 8.0 hardlocks on > > "Probing serial ports". Nothing is connected to the external ports, > > however both machines to have built-in remote consoles. I have done my > > best to make sure they are disabled. > > > > They are up and running fine, so this isn't a big issue, but I would > > like to be able to upgrade them at some point. Compaq is clueless, and > > frankly so am I at this point. So any insights would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Karl Davenport
