That is the problem I had. When you have 8 minutes left on the progress bar the install stops and nothing (you still have time to time HD access). Like I said where is the message box if any. The only solution I have found is to restart the install, you know the 3 fingers salute and restart the install. I did not switch off the laptop. And the second time was always ok. 

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On 3/4/01, 9:27:25 AM, "Ben Keed" <ben@viator.com> wrote regarding RE: [expert] NEC Laptop Problems:

> come to think of it, it was towards the end of the install, and i was prompt
> a few times because it couldn't install some features. I'll give it another
> go tommorrow and see what happens

> cheers

> -----Original Message-----
> From: expert-owner@linux-mandrake.com
> [mailto:expert-owner@linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Andre LABBE
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 8:16 PM
> To: expert@linux-mandrake.com
> Subject: Re:[expert] NEC Laptop Problems

> Hi
> You don't say which type and model. The time to install varies a lot
> according the speed of the laptop. I have an Umax Actionbook 340T (Time
> laptop and some other are the same) and LM 72 works fine with it, I use
> the kernel 2.4.2, every thing is supported. But I recall that the install
> took a couple of hour to install and I didn't have all the options
> selected.
> Another problem that I have found with the 2 CD Distribution is the
> install always moans that some files cannot be installed ( at least with
> my CDs), luckily enough they are not system files. But the real problem
> is if you miss the box to click continue the box vanishes or goes 'under'
> the install progress bar and you're stack because you cannot continue the
> install, and that always happen near the end of the install.
> Andre