On Mon, 12 Feb, 2007 at 19:32:53 -0800, Christopher Dick wrote: > > --- Carl Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think that's going to help, Christopher, I'm > > beginning to think > > there's something more elusive going on here.
Just a quick "me too". I've had more or less the exact same thing happen with my first (and until now only) 10.2 install: * Start install 10.2, with a minimal package selection, no X, no nothing. * install goes according to plan, until initial reboot * system hangs at "grub stage 2.." (two dots) * after much mucking about, I finally installed an even more minimal 9.3 on a separate partition, and let *that* install grub, which worked. * adapted the 9.3 grub conf to boot 10.2 This is all from memory, and I have no time to check up on anything in the next couple of days either :P System is a "LexCom CV860A" Manuals etc do exist online (I know, I saw one once) but information is sparse at http://www.lex.com.tw > > Questions are starting to run > > through my mind like... "Is the BIOS capable of > > addressing high addresses on > > that disk?" and "Has he verified the disk is being > > addressed using LBA and > > not CHS?" That sort of thing... I have two more of these running 9.3 and neither have ever had similar problems. I cannot exclude the BIOS from being at fault, though I do suspect something is amiss with the 10.2 grub install process. Unfortunately I don't have access to a USB CDrom, so the only way for me to boot install- or rescue- systems is PXE, which takes... oh round about forever... which is why I haven't pursued the matter much further. Just thought I should chime in. oh yeah: disk and controller on my box are IDE, so I don't think SATA is a factor in this... /Jon -- YMMV -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
