Sounds like you need to optimize hd access with hdparm. Do "man hdparm" on a working box and if it is available from a shell prompt in the Libranet install, try it.
Also, look at your logs. The installs I've played with keep a running log of what is happening behind the scenes during an install. John Doug Riddle wrote: > My daughter had to build volcano, so only got to try one distribution. > I tried Libranet, of course. > > The Laptop could boot from CD, I was surprised, but pleased. It booted, > started the install, let me select the keyboard, etc, and started the > basic install. It put up the screen about this will take a while and > hummed and whirred for about five minutes, then just stopped. > > As I was working on Mount Etna, I wasn't paying perfect attention, so I > figured it went to standby. > > I started over and babysat it for a while. I noticed that shortly > before it hung, it slowed down, taking longer to access the CD, then > longer to access the HDD. Finally it just ground to a halt. I retried > it two more times, same result. Weird. > > I'll take a look at it with tomrtbt tonight and see if anything actually > got installed. I am curious to see if it did the base install and just > couldn't kick-off the rest of the script. More updates tomorrow. > > > > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.libranet.com > -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are > the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus > <http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com> - > Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > <http://rd.yahoo.com/mail/mailsig/*http://mailplus.yahoo.com> -- John Hebert: [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Engineer: I T Group, Inc. http://www.it-group.com 225.922.4535
