Augustin wrote:
Hello,
I am currently using Mandriva on this machine. I have tried installing
Debian on another partition and eventually stop using Mandriva.
This machine is a desktop computer (7VT600P-RZ(-C) mainboard with VIA
KT600 chipset). I think I have only mainstream hardware (this is no
laptop!), yet I always have had some problems with it with different
versions of different distros.
And right now, I can't install Debian (etch 4.0r1), although I have
successfully installed Debian on my secondary (older) computer.
Symptoms with the Debian installer:
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I have tried several times, and the installer freezes for 5~10 minutes
*several times* during the install sequence, when checking for the
hardware. The F4 windown shows something either like:
"hw-detect.hotplug: detected hotpluggable network interface eth0"
or like:
"missing modules ide-mod, id-probe-mod" etc. (I searched the web, but
the conclusion seems to be that this is not actually tremendously
relevant!)
Then each time it asks me about entering some data related about
pcmcia hardware (I enter nothing: as far as I could gather by
searching the web, I don't need to).
Then at the stage of looking for the partitions, the installer freezes
one more time, and this time for good (I gave up waiting after 1
hour).
Questions
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What might cause this? (that's the main question, isn't it?)
What options can I try when starting the install?
I usually type "install expertgui". What Do I type instead?
Try the text mode installer. Just press <enter> at the prompt.
What information should I provide that might be relevant, useful?
Switch to other virtual consoles during the process. You can access a
shell in vc2 and vc3, the other consoles contain the debug messages.
That might give you a clue as to what is happening. You can also use
'ps' to see what process is causing the delay.
--
Raj Kiran Grandhi
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