how did you install? upgrade? expert? reformated /? what does dmseg say?

On Sunday 02 June 2002 01:58 am, you wrote:
> Thought I'd start the upgrade path on the machine whih originally brought
> me to Mandrake - my Digital HiNote VP.
>
> Tarred up the /etc, /home, chucked them on server, installed 8.2
>
> All well so far, not a problem, until ......
>
> .... on reboot, disk thrashed around for ages, just after the "detecting
> new hardware" item
>
> Eventually (we're talking 20 minutes here), a login prompt. OK, but no
> network & no sound.
>
> Looked in old modules.conf, loaded and inserted relevant sound drivers
> (cs4232) - one issue fixed.
>
> The other still remains. I have a Compaq combo modem/100/10 card, which
> uses the xirc2ps_cs module. If the card is in at boot, the system takes
> forever to boot, complaining about too many open files, and when it does
> come up, there is no network.
>
> Manually ejecting the card and reinserting it loads the modules and brings
> the network up, but only at 10 (I have a 100 network).
>
> All this worked perfectly under 7.x though 8.1 - so something seems to have
> gotten broken here.
>
> Ideas? Suggestions? Civileme???
>
> All welcome....and thanked

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