At 11:13 AM 12/10/1998 -0500, Tun Yang wrote: >This is not related to this problem, but I thought I'd just throw in some >ideas... >I have an Adaptec 2940UW, and when I upgraded my motherboard and cpu, I put >it in PCI slot #1. Debian cd boot up hung somewhere. (I think at the scsi >init area). That "other" O/S still worked perfectly though. But, I switched >the adaptec to slot #2, and the video card to slot #1, and everything was >fine and dandy again. Reason? I still don't know. Does anyone? > >maybe you could try removing your hardware and you might find something >quirky...
I *think*, and don't quote me on this, that some motherboards somehow share an EISA/ISA slot with a PCI slot. What this means, I don't know. At any rate, it slot #1 is a shared slot, it might have something to do with your problem.
