Installation blues- Mandrake 9.1 on HP ZE4325us Laptop

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Author: Lee Einer
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Subject: Installation blues- Mandrake 9.1 on HP ZE4325us Laptop
Never mind, I figured this one out.

Lee Einer wrote:

>
> Hi, all-
>
> I am attempting to install Mandrake 9.1 on my laptop, and am having
> some difficulties. I first tried upgrading from 8.2, but this did not
> work out and Mandrake Support informed me that they do not support
> upgrades from non-sequential versions (i.e., you can upgrade to 9.1
> only from 9.0.) . So now I am trying to do the deed as a fresh
> install, sparing my home directory. The install appears to go ok, but
> on reboot, the system hangs at "starting PCMCIA." I have attempted to
> circumvent this by using Interactive Startup, but when I enter the "I"
> and get the prompt for Y,N, or C, the system hangs again and I have to
> reboot. If I try to use Rescue, when I get the Rescue flash screen,
> the system hangs and I have to reboot. Passing the nopcmcia command to
> the kernel at the start of the install does nothing.
>
> How can I get this installed? I have probably run the install 10 - 15
> times now, trying various options.
>
> Lee Einer
>
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