John Richard Smith wrote: >On Saturday 23 March 2002 17:02, you wrote: > >>John Richard Smith wrote: >> >>>How do you install Mandrake 8.2. I get only as far as stage 2 install and >>>the install hangs at where it would say next , "please wait while probing >>>serial ports" >>> >>>What am I doing wrong. >>> >>>John >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >>You aren't doing anything wrong except not describing the equipment you >>are trying to install to, its history, how and where you got the CDs, >>what other machines you may have tried to install to, etc. >> >>Right now, it is impossible to hazard a guess with any assurance of >>accuracy. Most likely, the problem is with the download or with the >>burn (medai not reading correctly) but it could be some hardware that >>hangs when the probe is done in which case an >> >>F1 >> >>at the splash screen >> >>and >> >>linux noauto >> >>may be the way to make it install. >> >>Or it could be a notebook which will _never_ install 8.2 or anything >>after 7.2. >> >>Or it could be an old 486 which MandrakeLinux does not support at all, >>not since a single beta iso for 7.0. >> >>We won't grumble if you give us too much information, and in general the >>more you give, the better we are able to help. >> >>Civileme >> > >Thank you for your reply. > >Before I give you chapter and verse of the full details of my equipement >and and it's configuration , I want to report that your suggestion, >Linux noauto worked, to the extent that it now goes on to reach the >main install window, However doing this bypasses important detection >processes , does it not , will this not affect the outcome. > >John > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > LOL you can do everything the install does AFTER the install. That is one of the beauties of linux--you rarely need to reboot to confirn changes.
Civileme
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