Dear Soumyadip, First of all use SuSE 8.2 Prof. not the standard edition. Take the CDs from Indra. I do not know whether the following text is going to help you because it applies to SuSE 8.0 but just in case. Also check whether installing the platform driver for Nforce II from Nvidia solves the problem or not.
Applies to SuSE Linux: Version 8.0 Symptom The installation stops during the detection of the USB controller or hangs at Activating Hotplug Devices [net pci usb] when rebooting. Cause The cause is still unknown. Solution Note: The workaround described in these lines will disable the USB support. The USB support can be easily reactivated as soon as a solution for this problem is found. Enter the following option at the beginning of the installation: hwprobe=-c03:*:* This option suppresses the hardware probing of all USB devices. Please note that at this stage you are working with a US keyboard layout. Further information on this boot parameter is available in the file /usr/share/doc/packages/hwinfo/README. Proceed with the installation. At the end, a message about LILO being written to the disk will be displayed. Do not confirm this message yet, but switch to the console 2 with CTRL-ALT-F2. A minor change must be performed in the file /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/YaST2.firstboot so that the file /etc/sysconfig/hotplug contains the variable 'HOTPLUG_START_USB="no"'. In our example we use the editor pico, but this editor might not be installed depending on your package selection. If pico is not installed on your system, use joe (/mnt/usr/bin/joe) or vi (/mnt/usr/bin/vi) if you are familiar with its operation. Enter the following: /mnt/usr/bin/pico /mnt/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/YaST2.firstboot Search for the following line (approx. line 80) with the cursor keys: lspci -n 2>/dev/null| grep -q "Class[[:space:]]*0c03" && USB=yes and change it to: lspci -n 2>/dev/null| grep -q "Class[[:space:]]*0c03" && USB=no Quit the editor with CTRL-x, "y", and [ENTER]. Switch back to the console 7 with CTRL-ALT-F7 and confirm the message. Now the installation will be completed. Arijit --- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:45:27 From: "Soumyadip Modak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: >Hi, >I recently bought the Leadtek K7NCR18GM motherboard (nForce 2 IGP >chipset) and paired it up with an Athlon 2600+ (Barton core) processor >and a single stick of 256 Mb Hynix PC2700 DDRRAM. I got the SuSe 8.2 >installation CDs from Indrada. >The prob. is that during manual installation, the system locks up while >loading the USB drivers. The usbcore module loads ok, but the system >locks up while loading the USB-ehci module. How can I work around the >problem? > >Thanks a lot > >Soumyadip Modak >RCCIIT Kolkata > > >P.S. Sutanu bau I'll need your win98 cd for a day. Please tell me >offlist how to reach your place at a time convenient to you. Thanks. > > >-- >To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body >"unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. >FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
