try at the boot. linux expert <or> expert noprobe . didn't work for
me, but worth a try none the less.
>> > When trying to install my machine freezes after the probing of the
>> > mouse.
>> > It says that is has found a PS/2 compatible mouse and then the keyboard
>> > freezes completely. Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > ryan
>>
>> Do you have a laptop with one of this new pointer devices that you
>> control moving the finger across a strange surface?
>>
>> I have had the same problem just this morning. At the shop they said me
>> that is a problem with this specific kind of device (sorry). I have
>> changed to a Fujitsu with just a single buttom that works as a joystick.
>> It works fine but my problem now is to configure the TFT monitor in
>> XFree86Setup.
>>
>> Any idea?
>> ***I have a regular desktop computer. 200 mhz and 32 meg or ram. I have
>> encountered this problem with other linux help sites. Nothing however,
>> that gives a fix yet. Apparently to avoid the probing of the mouse or any
>> other device you can specify this at the boot prompt. boot: linux
>> hdb=noprobe hdc=cdrom This was the example on the Red Hat site. I will
>> try this and substitue mouse for cdrom and see if I can get anywhere.
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