On Saturday 12 May 2007, Javid Butler wrote:
>A couple months ago I installed EMC on a machine using the Live CD v2.1.3 (I
> think). It worked perfectly.
>
>Yesterday I found an old computer (Compaq presario 4505) while doing some
> spring cleaning. I've got a couple mills to automate, so took the same CD,
> formatted the hard drive of the computer, and went to install EMC.
>
>It has consistantly hung in the middle of the install. I've tried almost
> everything suggested in the F1 help menu. The install begins, but when it
> gets to the step "Adding Live CD User" it accesses the CD for a bit then
> switches back to the text screen that just has the "uncompressing
> linux...Ok, booting the kernel." message and no other messages. The CD
> continues to access for a while but eventually stops. I tried starting from
> text mode with DEBCONF_DEBUG=5, but no debug messages appear.
>
>Just to make sure, I downloaded 2.1.5 and it does the same thing.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Javid
Yeah, its a Compaq, and probably has oddball bussing the kernel doesn't grok.
Sometimes a bios update can help, but its still a Compaq... I wish I could
tell you differently, but that's been my personal experience, and its
moderately well recorded on the web. Sorry.
--
Cheers, Gene
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It used to be the fun was in
The capture and kill.
In another place and time
I did it all for thrills.
-- Lust to Love
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