by pessi.. » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
I am finding some problems with the Mandrake 7.2 instalation. The
system crashes (stops the yellow line) when Loading second stage
ramdisk.
Does someone can tell me what is the problem, and how can I solve it?
Thank you very much.
Luis
Portugal
by Tristan Wall » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
I had the exact same problem with Mandrake 7.1 CDs which IQuote:>Hello LinuxWorld!
>I am finding some problems with the Mandrake 7.2 instalation.
>The system crashes (stops the yellow line) when Loading
>second stage ramdisk.
>Does someone can tell me what is the problem, and how can I
>solve it?
>Thank you very much.
Try switching to another virtual terminal with ctrl-alt-F4 (or F3 I
can't remember which) and see if the install is reporting that your
CDROM is losing interrupt.
If so, you may need to replace the CDROM, or alternatively buy
the pressed 7.2 CDs
Tristan
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