On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 22:50:33 +0000, Joel Malard wrote: > The installation stalls just after the message > > "io sceduler cfg registered (default)" > > I tried "install BOOT_DEBUG=3" but got no error message. > > I tried netcfg/disable_dhcp=true > hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false > exclude port 0x800-0x877 > debian-installer/probe/usb=false > > one at a time but to no effect. This PC came with a preinstalled XP and > I didn't create a partition because I don't care to keep the latter OS. > When I tried to reinstall XP to try check the BIOS settings it complained > that the unpartitioned space was too small, the main partition has another OS > installed, presumably Linux. > > Where might the the installation be stalled? Any help would be most welcome.
Try "acpi=noirq" or even "noacpi" as a boot parameter. Also, it seems that you have to check which version of the BIOS is installed: http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/189-Dell-Dimension-E521-with-Linux.html -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]