Re: [newbie] Install freeze
It is possible that you have hardware failure. Any time someone tells me that they had a system that was working fine, than it stops doing so for no apparent reason, I suspect hardware failure (that is, if I am sure that the *problem* developed without accidental or purposeful human intervention) ;-) Probable hardware failures: 1) Bad or weak memory chip(s). 2) Hard drive has developed bad spots and/or is shows signs of beginning to fail. 3) Video card RAM memory failing or weak. 4) On-board cache failing or weak. These are the most common possibilities when everything else is not it. By this I mean you have not done something to change the system's hardware configuration recently or have not done anything to it to cause a change in the way it was before the problem occurred. There are other possible reasons for your sudden inability to run an earlier distribution, and then not be able to get beyond a certain point in the installation of a newer one, but these are the most common ones under the circumstances you mentioned. More information on your part would give better probable caused and solutions... T The Antiwesley wrote: I just joined the group in the hopes that someone will have an answer for me... I'm installing 9.0 and every time I try, it freezes somewhere in the install process, just before it's time to pick out my root password. It's done this 10 or so times, from everywhere from 15 minutes to 10 seconds complete. I had 8.2 on, and it worked fine, but the boot system stopped working, and seeing as 9.0 came out, I decided to upgrade. :) Any ideas on why it would freeze up? Thanks. Kris, aka The Antiwesley What utter dangerous rubbish. Dangerous because this person has mastered the tricks of the liberal muck-raker trade; Al Sharpton would be proud of him. - Bob Bernstein, CrackMonkey, 1/27/02 -- Get Warped! High Quality Web Hosting starting at $5/Month www.warped.com -- http://www.antiwesley.comICQ:24746540 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- A Geek for all ages! - Dave Adler, PMEB mailing list, 3/14/99 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install freeze
well if it happens at the same spot each time,,, I would not think it to be hardware, unless there is some hardware accessed at that time that is not accessed eariler. I think a little more info might be in order tho, like what type of install (expert? recomended?) on what hardware with what settings. (500meg HD set to dma100? running ext3? or 50 gig HD, set to dma66, formated to ntfs running lin4win?) On Monday 30 September 2002 07:34 am, you wrote: It is possible that you have hardware failure. Any time someone tells me that they had a system that was working fine, than it stops doing so for no apparent reason, I suspect hardware failure (that is, if I am sure that the *problem* developed without accidental or purposeful human intervention) ;-) Probable hardware failures: 1) Bad or weak memory chip(s). 2) Hard drive has developed bad spots and/or is shows signs of beginning to fail. 3) Video card RAM memory failing or weak. 4) On-board cache failing or weak. These are the most common possibilities when everything else is not it. By this I mean you have not done something to change the system's hardware configuration recently or have not done anything to it to cause a change in the way it was before the problem occurred. There are other possible reasons for your sudden inability to run an earlier distribution, and then not be able to get beyond a certain point in the installation of a newer one, but these are the most common ones under the circumstances you mentioned. More information on your part would give better probable caused and solutions... T The Antiwesley wrote: I just joined the group in the hopes that someone will have an answer for me... I'm installing 9.0 and every time I try, it freezes somewhere in the install process, just before it's time to pick out my root password. It's done this 10 or so times, from everywhere from 15 minutes to 10 seconds complete. I had 8.2 on, and it worked fine, but the boot system stopped working, and seeing as 9.0 came out, I decided to upgrade. :) Any ideas on why it would freeze up? Thanks. Kris, aka The Antiwesley What utter dangerous rubbish. Dangerous because this person has mastered the tricks of the liberal muck-raker trade; Al Sharpton would be proud of him. - Bob Bernstein, CrackMonkey, 1/27/02 -- Get Warped! High Quality Web Hosting starting at $5/Month www.warped.com -- http://www.antiwesley.comICQ:24746540 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- A Geek for all ages! - Dave Adler, PMEB mailing list, 3/14/99 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install freeze
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 9:15 pm, The Antiwesley did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: I just joined the group in the hopes that someone will have an answer for me... I'm installing 9.0 and every time I try, it freezes somewhere in the install process, just before it's time to pick out my root password. It's done this 10 or so times, from everywhere from 15 minutes to 10 seconds complete. if you have an old cd drive you are doing the install with, it may not be reading the final few packages. in the install hit ctr-alt-f3 (maybe f4, not sure) and see what packages it is trying. for me it was xwpic, xmovie, ytalk and yudit. start the install again but be sure those are not selected. zsh and xmms may also be problems, might want to uncheck them. install should proceed fine. now here is the kicker, once installed and booted i was able to install the failed packages. guess the generic install driver is not as good as the real running driver. ;-) you might also try reburning cd 2 on a slower speed. - -- ...so Mr. Gates, in short, the reason I am not using your software is that I have upped my standards. So up yours. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9mIJTBwq+ZwvIN/oRArKUAJ9VO4pUuwHtAF83irvaZEJLBMe3kACfWSwq YKxN/O3+i0NFNtNQ7wY1Kxo= =FfrL -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install freeze
During a time of great evil, 09:56 AM 30-9-02 -0700, shane was arrested for treason by saying: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 9:15 pm, The Antiwesley did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: I just joined the group in the hopes that someone will have an answer for me... I'm installing 9.0 and every time I try, it freezes somewhere in the install process, just before it's time to pick out my root password. It's done this 10 or so times, from everywhere from 15 minutes to 10 seconds complete. if you have an old cd drive you are doing the install with, it may not be reading the final few packages. in the install hit ctr-alt-f3 (maybe f4, not sure) and see what packages it is trying. for me it was xwpic, xmovie, ytalk and yudit. start the install again but be sure those are not selected. zsh and xmms may also be problems, might want to uncheck them. install should proceed fine. now here is the kicker, once installed and booted i was able to install the failed packages. guess the generic install driver is not as good as the real running driver. ;-) you might also try reburning cd 2 on a slower speed. This did the trick. It was choking on ytalk for sure, as xmovie installed fine. It's up and running beautifully now, thanks, Shane! :) -Kris What utter dangerous rubbish. Dangerous because this person has mastered the tricks of the liberal muck-raker trade; Al Sharpton would be proud of him. - Bob Bernstein, CrackMonkey, 1/27/02 - Get Warped! High Quality Web Hosting starting at $5/Month www.warped.com - http://www.antiwesley.comICQ:24746540 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - A Geek for all ages! - Dave Adler, PMEB mailing list, 3/14/99 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install freeze
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 30 September 2002 9:28 pm, The Antiwesley did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: This did the trick. It was choking on ytalk for sure, as xmovie installed fine. It's up and running beautifully now, thanks, Shane! not a problem, i know very little except what i learn by screwing up. that i know very well... ;-) - -- Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. - Lao Tzu shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9mTIMBwq+ZwvIN/oRAuhYAJ99vY4XhVuzhQoDhYWif1B7e6th7QCeKC4K PRM2ys8KU79sqqLL4HtvLJY= =n0e9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install freeze
I just joined the group in the hopes that someone will have an answer for me... I'm installing 9.0 and every time I try, it freezes somewhere in the install process, just before it's time to pick out my root password. It's done this 10 or so times, from everywhere from 15 minutes to 10 seconds complete. I had 8.2 on, and it worked fine, but the boot system stopped working, and seeing as 9.0 came out, I decided to upgrade. :) Any ideas on why it would freeze up? Thanks. Kris, aka The Antiwesley What utter dangerous rubbish. Dangerous because this person has mastered the tricks of the liberal muck-raker trade; Al Sharpton would be proud of him. - Bob Bernstein, CrackMonkey, 1/27/02 - Get Warped! High Quality Web Hosting starting at $5/Month www.warped.com - http://www.antiwesley.comICQ:24746540 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - A Geek for all ages! - Dave Adler, PMEB mailing list, 3/14/99 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install freeze
- Original Message - From: Donny [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 2:04 AM Subject: [newbie] Install freeze Hey everyone! I've installed Linux a number of times on my computer, fairly easily. But I recently picked up a P60, that i want to give totally to Linux. It doesnt have a bootable cd-rom drive, so I made install disk's. It loads the linux kernel, but when it gets to the spot where it starts the installation (the last line that says "running install"), it jus stops. Why is it doing this? and how can I get Linux installed? HELP! Thanks in advance! The most likely solution is to get an updated boot image from the updates section on a Mandrake ftp mirror. (Use plain text to send messages to this list and save yourself a tongue-lashing.) Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
[newbie] Install freeze
Hey everyone! I've installed Linux a number of times on my computer, fairly easily. But I recently picked up a P60, that i want to give totally to Linux. It doesnt have a bootable cd-rom drive, so I made install disk's. It loads the linux kernel, but when it gets to the spot where it starts the installation (the last line that says "running install"), it jus stops. Why is it doing this? and how can I get Linux installed? HELP! Thanks in advance!
