If I recall correctly when you install it says that it is NOT a good idea to set the hard drive optimisation function. I do not know if you can "undo" that or if you need to reinstall and not use that function. I don't know if this helps but at least I answered <giggle> Patti - Registered Linux User #184611 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/26/00, 3:47:31 PM, Lance Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [newbie] 7.1 Post-install problem - re-post!: > Hi There > I posted the message below to the list on Saturday. So far, I've had only > one response which, unfortunatly, didn't take me forward in any meaningful > way (thanks anyway Paul). I can't believe no one else knows the answer. > Can sombody help me out... please? > Lance > __________________________________________________________ > Hi Guys > Finally got 7.1 installed on my new system - Athlon 700, 128MB, 13.6G HDD - > Linux only, no Windows. It all seemed to be going smoothly until it came to > the first re-boot. It reached the point where it says; > Starting hard drive optimisation for hda [OK] > then it goes no further. I left it in that state for over an hour and it > never moved. I could hear what sounds like disk accessing at round one > minute intervals but don't see any activity on the HDD light to confirm > this. > Any ideas where I go from here? How do I go about tracking down what the > problem might be? I created a boot disk during the install and, I suppose, > I could use this to start the system. But I have absolutely no Idea what > I'm looking for! > One more thing. This message is part of the Interactive Startup (or Setup - > not sure). Is this anything like the setup on Windows where you can step > through the entries in autoexec.bat and config.sys at boot-up, choosing > which drivers etc are loaded? If so, how do I do it under Linux? > Is there a troubleshooting HOWTO that covers this sort of thing? > All help gratefully received. > Regards > Lance Dow
