RE: Install Hangs for a LONG time at "post install configuration"

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx taylor intel com>]

> I just tried installing RH 7.2 on a 667 Mhz Dell Precision 420 (256M
> memory, 40M IDE disk).  I installed "everything".  The installation
> proceeded normally, taking about 20 minutes once I got through all the
> initial stuff.  When I got to the "post install configuration", the
> progress bar grew and filled the progress window.  After that 
> it seemed to
> freeze, though the mouse pointer moved when the mouse was 
> moved.  It was
> somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes, before it got to the next screen
> (creation of a boot disk).
> 
> Is this normal?  I don't recall seeing this before, but I usually go
> off and do other things once the install starts.
> 
> --
>         pete peterson
>         Teradyne, Inc.
>         7 Technology Park Drive
>         Westford, MA 01886-0033
> 
>         pete peterson teradyne com or petersonp genrad com
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>         +1-978-589-7007 (Main Teradyne Westford FAX)

This usually happens when you use NIS as your authentication method, and you
add a user account.  I times out waiting to contact the NIS/DMS servers.

Forrest