chas, the short answer is that in my experience with linux, including mandrake's - though its been awhile), installer one can communicate certain parameters to the installer,,in fact, i've yet to run into a linux installer were one could NOT - of course, there is a first time for everything.
i'm not so sure i'd want to use a modern OS installer whose behavior was not configurable. which parms the installer will take, i am not sure of...but i'm certain this is a function of ubuntu,,,of course, being new to ubuntu i didnt use any and other than not cfging my stupid serial mouse, i hate the stinkpad trackpoint device, it went in like ................butta... out... ~piranha -----Original Message----- From: MaX List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:54 AM To: MaX List Subject: Re: Mandrake 10.1 Non-Starter > Yeh, it loads the USB device drivers fine and has no display issues > (altho it's only ever in text modes). I have only installed Mandrake once, and not a recent version, so proceed with caution. As a stab in the dark, can you pass an argument to the installer to ignore that device? Anaconda, the RH installer, has that ability in text mode. If Mandrake uses a version of Anaconda, you might be able to pass an argument like this: linux modulename=off Of course you would need to know the module name that is causing the hang, but I think you may know it as you have determined that it is the SCSI card module that is hanging the install process. Or there is the "noprobe" option which requires you to specifiy what drivers to install linux noprobe Charles Dostale System Admin - Silver Oaks Communications http://www.silveroaks.com/ 824 17th Street, Moline IL 61265 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
