>I'm having problems installing SXDE 9/07 on a spare primary partition on
>a new Aspire 5630. The installer gets as far as the initial "Configuring
>/dev" and then hangs. All the devices on the laptop are supposed to be
>supported, according to the Device Detection Tool, except the audio
>device (see output below). The Indiana milestone Live CD boots fine, and
>detects the hard drive, graphics device, etc etc.
>
>Could the lack of audio support be preventing the installer from
>starting properly? Is there an equivalent to Knoppix's failsafe boot
>option that I could use to get it started?
No, not at all, the installer doesn't care about missing devices as
long there are sufficient I/O devices to install with:
- disk
- install media
- console (either graphics, or text with working keyboard)
Hanging when configuring devices is generally cause by an issue with
one particular device or driver (such as a stuck shared interrupt).
Note that if Indiana boots but Solaris 09/07 does not, that the former
has much more recent bits and loading the latest SXCE may resolve your
issues just as well.
Casper
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