You know, I had similar problems when I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my machine. I had 7.1 on there operating fine. I decided to format my drive, and add 7.2 fresh, because I wanted the custom install, and because I had not customized 7.1 because it didn't recognize my modem. Anyway, to get to the point, what I found is my copy of Mandrake 7.2 had some corrupt files on it, and when I figured it was star office, GTex, and some other package, I just unselected those packages when installing. Does it seem to get to the same point, or get to the same package when it hangs up? Cause if it does, it could be a bad package, and you might need to not install it from cd and just download it later. On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, you managed to utter: > I am have problem installing LM 7.2 on my Laptop. > > System Info: > > Sony Vaio PCG-F160 > 300 MHz P2 > 64 MB Ram > 4 GB Fujitsu HD > > During installation it will do one of the following three things: > > 1) Hangs-up* on installing gpm > > 2) Hangs-up* on installing grep > > 3) Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gpm, grep, perl-base -> so, I > click "Go On". Then Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gtk+, rpm , > slang, util-linx, SysVinit -> again I click "Go On". Finally, it hangs-up* > on installing grub > > * - what I mean by "hangs-up" is that the machine will do nothing other > than turn the cooling fan on and off, for more than 30 min when I reboot. > This means no HD operation, no CD-ROM movement, and no screen change. > > All power managements is turned off in the BIOS. These LM 7.2 CD's were > created some time in early January (I think). > > It doesn't matter what type of installation I choose, one of the above > three things will occur. > > Any help will greatly be appreciated, > > -jason
