Mandrake v7.2 hangs

[Donn Shumway]

I talked to him about the possibility of bad RAM, so he replaced it with a 64Mb DIMM that was known
good in another machine. He tried the install again and it still hung.


Regards,
Donn Shumway
dshumway@hypercom.com
"Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not
facing and accepting the 'what.'"
-- Pearl S. Buck




Brian Cluff wrote:
>Hmmm, usually when I get lockups on trying to install mandrake its because
>the kernel isn't detecting the proper amount of ram.  I don't see why they
>would be a problem with you.. thats a very nice motherboard (Unless its got
>some bad ram on it).  You can try and for the board to detect the correct
>amount of ram or maybe even less.
>at the prompt
>linux mem=128M

>You will probably have to hit f1 to get the prompt.

>You can also try text mode to see is the x server is locking the machine up.
>Just type text at the prompt to get that.

>Can't think of anything else.... definatly check to see if you have bad ram
>though.

>Brian Cluff
----- Original Message -----

>> My brother is attempting to install Mandrake v7.2 on a new home built PC
and the install hangs right
>> after choosing 'Install'. The machine will boot with a DOS boot disk, all
cable/card connections
>> have been tested and work properly. The disk is from the 'Complete'
package sold in the stores, not
>> burned from a downloaded ISO.
>>
>> The machine is an MSI K7T (Via KT-133 chipset), running a Duron 700, 128Mb
RAM, 30Gb WD HD using
>> ATA-66 cable connection. Anyway, something in the back of my mind tells me
that there may be two
>> problems. If I recall correctly, the initial released disks for 7.2 did
not have the same contents
>> as the downloaded ISO's. Second, it seems to me that there is a problem
with the Via KT-133 chipset
>> and Mandrake v7.x install that needs an update. Do any of these vague
recollections of mine sound
>> familiar as the potential problem with his install? Should I burn him a
copy of my downloaded
>> install disks? Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> (P.S. Please forgive the Lotus Notes header garbage)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Donn Shumway
>> dshumway@hypercom.com
>> "Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make
the 'how' an excuse for not
>> facing and accepting the 'what.'"
>> -- Pearl S. Buck
>>
>>
>>
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