FW: Calibrating delay loop hangs...

[Simon Axon <simon axon ndchis co uk>]

Sorry about the first post - hit the wrong key!!

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> I suspect this may be a newbie question, but I have checked all the
> archives I can find, and while I found several people asking the question,
> I didn't once find an answer, so here goes...
> 
> Elonex 486/66, 
> mono VGA, 
> NE2000-compatible NIC 
540Mb HDD

Installed RH 5.2, all went fine until it came to reboot, and the system
hangs at "Calibrating delay loop..."  Tried the HDD in another machine, and
it starts up fine, so it should be something to do with the hardware - can
anyone suggest what it may be?

thanks in advance,

Simon.