That's one thing that I'm pretty sure isn't causing my problem: I've got
1.2G free, and did scandisk and defrag before starting.
Sounds like enough people have a similar problem (and no clear solution)
that this may be a 7.1 bug. Anyone from Mandrakesoft monitoring this board?
>From: Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I could be way off base with this, but I just had a thought: You don't
>say what you did to prepare your HD. Have you got enough space on your
>HD? 2 gb isn't a whole lot of disk space. (I can't believe I just said
>that.) My Win98SE installation uses 900 mb and, except for one monster
>application, it doesn't have a whole lot on it. Open Explorer, pick C:,
>Properties and see how much free space you have. A Mandrake workstation
>installation needs 500 mb as the minimum, but 1 gb is preferred. A
>server installation would just about take up your whole drive. If space
>is the problem, don't give up. Run Scandisk and Defrag. If the first
>pass doesn't do it, you may be able to recover some space with some
>housekeeping. /temp directories are a good place to hunt.
>Again, I apologize if I'm way off base on this, but I had to ask.
>-- Carroll Grigsby
>
> >
> > "Cunningham Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.1, but it consistently freezes at the
> > > "configuring IDE" installation stage (I have to hit the 'reset'
>button).
> > > I've tried booting from the CDROM and launching from w/in Win98,
>lin4win and
> >
> > > full install, graphical and text install, PnP BIOS off and on, always
>with
> > > the same result. Any suggestions as to how to fix this (or
>information
> > > resources on the web that deal with installation
>troubleshooting--haven't
> > > found much of that)? I should admit that I know practically nothing
>about
> > > linux, but thought that the reportedly idiotproof Linux-Mandrake would
>be a
> >
> > > good way to learn. If the answer is that I'm therefore unqualified to
> > > install linux, I won't be offended to hear that.
> > >
> > > My system:
> > >
> > > Pentium Pro 200, 64M RAM
> > > Intel motherboard, Intel BIOS
> > > 2.0G WDC HD
> > > Mitsumi CDROM
> > > Intel PCI busmaster IDE
> > > N9 Imagine 128(Series 2)
> > > Ensoniq AudioPCI
> > > Win98
> > >
> > > Thanks
>
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