On Sunday 14 November 2004 14:18, David Feldman wrote: > Despite the strong recommendations I've received for Mandrake as a good > novice-friendly distro, I've been unable even to get it to install. I'm > working with 10.1 Discovery on CD, on a Dell Dimension 2400 with a > 2.6GHz P4 and a Samsung SyncMaster 900NF monitor. So far I've > encountered the following problems: > > - The installer never starts in graphical mode. If I specify low-res > graphical mode that works. > - The installer never recognizes my USB devices (keyboards and mice). > - The installer doesn't automatically set up the X environment, so I > get an error message and have to go in and do that manually. > - The installer sometimes hangs entirely. Most recently it did this > after user account setup. > > - When I have completed install successfully, the system won't boot: It > hangs at Mounting USB Filesystem. If I hit control-C at that point it > proceeds but hangs again a little later, and can't be un-hung. > > I'm still searching for that perfect distro to recommend, but this > isn't an experience I would want to impose on a novice user. While it's > possible I have an unusual configuration, one key thing in an distro > for novices has to be excellent hardware support out of the box. Am I > missing something obvious here that would solve my problems? > > --Dave
Try installing and booting with USB devices disconnected (apart from mouse and keyboard) There are some USB devices which have problems with the 2.6 kernel. You might also try when installing at the first screen hit F1 and at the prompt enter 'alt0' (or is it 'alt1') That will boot with the 2.4 kernel which is often better at detecting hardware. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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