Installation blues- Mandrake 9.1 on HP ZE4325us Laptop

[Lee Einer]

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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