Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday February 16 2003 08:43 am, Adam Williamson wrote: > > The fact that it seems to happen to so many people suggests to me > > that at least some of them are experiencing Mandrake bugs, which > > makes discussing it legitimate on this list. > > I've only tried installing from the last two betas (2 & 3). My ram, > 512mb cas2, passes all memtest86, mprime, and cpuburn tests. > > > > On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, R. Dale Thomas wrote: > > > > seems to go alright untill the loading of second stage, and > after > > > > clearing the screen and issuing the message "loading second > stage" > > > > it just hangs. Nothing happens at all. Any ideas what I should > > > > change? > > I have the same experience, ie, "loading second stage" hangs, both > b2 and b3, but only if I press <F1> and type 'expert'. If I just hit > <Enter> and let it do a regular install it all proceeds with no > hesitation or problems. I don't remember if I also tried 'expert > text'. I didn't think to report it as a bug. I just assumed it was > peculiar to my system since no else seemed to be complaining.
What can you see on console #4? Any I/O error? -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/