I realize this should probably go on the newbie list, but I'm already on
this list.
I've been running RedHat and Mandrake for years now, and it wasn't until
recently with Mandrake 7.2 that I've run into trouble with the install. I'm
using burned copies of the downloadable cd-images. I have attempted using
the cdrom.img on a bootdisk, but the problem ends up the same.
The install (whether I use the standard, text, or even expert mode) will
never error out, but rather hangs up at the same spot each time. It'll
create the secondary ramdisk, (reading it off the CD just fine) but when it
gets to the "Initliazing CDROM..." message the install hangs. My guess is
it's having truoble mounting the CDrom drive for some reason. I've
considered the possibility that the drive may have problems with burnt CD's,
and also realize that some older hardware has trouble booting from CD's.
The thing is though, that it will boot just fine. It just hangs at that
part of the install. Anyone ever experience this before?
Thanks for any and all input.
-Chris
