Well, no that's not normal. It should take about 30 seconds to a minute for the next screen to appear and begin loading packages. Whatever you were trying to repair the installation for is keeping it from upgrading. Come back with more details, or easiest thing - reinstall from scratch. -s On Monday 09 April 2001 12:21 pm, you wrote: > Using Mandrake 7.2, I tried repairing my installation by booting with the > install diskettes and then selecting "Upgrade" option. After asking for > language and keyboard it seems to get "stuck" on "searching for .... to > upgrade" with the hour glass remaining on the screen. There is no > indication of whether it is working or stuck. After about 5 hours, I > turned it off by rebooting. > > Is this normal for upgrade? How long should it take on a system which also > contains partitions for 2 other operating systems on it? How can one tell > if it is stuck or still working? My hard drive light is not functional for > that hard drive. > > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Registered Linux user 183185
