I had a similar issue on a machine. It turned out to be my CD's. I tried new, freshly burned CDs and it worked fine.
~~Brad On Thursday 06 February 2003 02:21 pm, you wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 2430 laptop > (P4 2.4, 256MB, NVidia 4GO 420). > Using the install guidelines, I've tried to install booting from CD and > boot floppy (using cdrom.img). In each case, the graphical installation > screen gives the option of pressing enter for a graphical install, or > other options such as text install, expert etc. However, no matter which > of these I use, the install hangs almost immediately after pressing > ENTER. > In text mode, the screen output is: > > Loading alt0... > Loading alt0/all.rgz... > Ready... > Uncompressing Linux ... OK, booting the Kernel. > > Here is where the system hangs (no screen output or CPU activity) and i > end up having to shut down. > > Has anyone else had this problem or know of a fix. Could be a SETUP BIOS > problem? > > thanks, > Simon
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