I don't know what would specifically cause your system to hang, but I have
totally ditched Mandrake now. I'm sick of it crapping out on my, I'm sick of
packages not updating properly etc...
I tried to update to Mandrake 8.0 from 7.2 (which was ...ok, but still had
package issues for me) - and it hung on me during the install which corrupted
my system (lucky I backed up).
Then I tried a fresh install of 8.0 - which hung at the end but did not corrupt
my system (it turned out that it installed just fine, but it hung).
I got fed up and ditched it in favor of a Redhat 7.1 install which has been
running for a long time now without any hitches.
-dave
>Hullo,
>Hardware:
> Supermicro 370DE6, 1x 1GHz PIIIs
> Adaptec 2490U2W
> Tekram DC-390U3D
>Mandrake 8.0 has been* on me just after "Select Installation Type",
>which is where it attempts to find your scsi cards, I believe. It hangs for
>both the above cards at the same place. Doing a text install shows
>(checking virt term 3) that it is* at or immediately after an insmod
>of parport_pc.o
>I have flashed the BIOS on the MB and both SCSI cards: no difference.
>I have also used expert mode and selected the proper drivers, it still hangs
>at the same spot. Is there some way to disable the scsi probing?
>Tried alternate boot disks (kernel 2.2.14 and 2.2.19): no difference.
>By the way, here is the puncher: This install USED to work, with the same
>hardware. I was attempting a fresh installation after having installed 8.0
>for test purposes. On the second time around, all the above garbage sets
>in.
>Sound familiar to anyone?
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