Re: install hanging

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

rwalker lewiston com wrote:
> Oops, sorry.
>
>   The installer hangs either at transferring the image or installing 
> packages.
>
>   My machine is:  FIC VA5.3 board, AMD K6 2  500 mhz,  128 Mb 
> RAM,  Maxtor 90845 hdd; CyberDrv CD-RW(not sure of model #)

Ok, you may have an MCE or DMA issue with the installer's kernel
(not uncommon with AMD chipsets).  Here's a couple of ideas.  When
you boot the CD-ROM, at the installer prompt, try entering "text nomce"
(without the quotes, of course).  This will turn off MCE and launch the
installer in text mode.  I'll bet that's the magic bullet.

If that doesn't work, try "text hda=nodma", which will turn off DMA
on the hard drive.  If it still has a problem use both options
("text nomce hda=nodma").  Once the system is installed, try running
with no special options (in other words, don't use "nomce" or "nodma").
If the system hangs, try adding the option(s) that helped with the
install.
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