Noah,
I had similar problems installing beta 3 of Mandrake 8, and then (with
the same machine) similar problems with Mandrake 7.2. Finally I managed
to install Mandrake 7.2 by using the "text" install. Even in the text
install, the system would hang if it tested X, so I told it not to text
X.
I suspect that I could have installed Mandrake 8.0 using the text
install, and will find out in the next week or so when I retry the
install.
Hope this helps,
Randy Kramer
Noah Richards wrote:
>
> Over the past few days, I have been attempting to install Mandrake
> 8 on a system which will only use mandrake. After all downloads (i am
> doing it via ftp) complete without a problem, the last step, configure
> x, causes drakx to lock up. I have tried to install several different
> times with varied results. The freeze happens usually after I select
> the video card and monitor, and then when it goes to test the selected
> resolution, the mouse freezes in place, the keyboard is unresponsive,
> the menu on the left disappears, and the text box in the middle
> disappears. The only exception to this was the last time I attempted
> installation, and when it tried to test it, drakx gave an error that
> /dev/mem was not found. Since I am a complete newbie at linux, any help
> would be appreciated. Thanks!
