On Monday 24 November 2003 11:57 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:06:53 -0500 > > Dooggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello > > > > i am having trouble installing my cdrw drive. when i plug it in and > > start the computer, it halts at "finding dependencies". > > i am running mandrake 9.0 with kernel 2.4.21.0.13mdk. > > > > thanks > > My box always froze at "finding module dependancies" when booting. I > waited a minute or so then hit the SysReq key and it continued (spitting > out something about hwclock line such and such rc.sysinit. > > Something about my hardwareclock it doesn't like. I ended up having to > comment out a section in rc.sysinit and halt otherwise it just plain > refused to boot/shutdown cleanly. Just out of curiosity, what > motherboard do you have? Mine's an ASUS A7V (amd 750 processor) > > Jerry I too have a ASUS A7V (amd duran processor)... I am very new to linux...where can I find rc.sysinit? Did that help? Are you able to use your cdrw?
Dooggie
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