You got it, couse you cd-rom is too fast #8-)
use hdc=noprobe in kernel parameters.
> "Paul A. Bernicchi" wrote:
>
> Good afternoon.
>
> I just purchased Mandrake 5.2 and cannot install it...
>
> I am booting from CD-ROM, and it carries me through the installation
> process until it asks for the type of media from which it will
> install. I select Local CDROM, it says, "Initializing CDROM" and
> freezes.
>
> Primary Master - Maxtor 5.1 gig IDE
> Primary Slave - WD Caviar 540 (I will be installing Linux on this
> drive)
> Secondary Master - Pioneer A24X ATAPI-compliant CD-ROM
>
> Any ideas? I bought Mandrake thorugh Linux Mall so I don't have any
> boot disks, etc... just whatever docs are on the CD.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
