[olug] Suse 9.1 Pro install stalls (fwd)

[Jon Larsen]

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 9:43:22 -0400
From: gregory at r3g.net
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Subject: Suse 9.1 Pro install stalls

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Subject: Suse 9.1 Pro install stalls
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 9:43:22 -0400
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I have tried repeatedly to install a Suse 9.1 Pro and it does not get very far on disc 1 without stalling. I am resurrecting and old case, new 350W power supply, mobo with integral AMD cpu, 512 RAM, 120 Gb Seagate HD and a cd52i CD-RW from HP.

The install goes along just fine at the start as I select my options:
 initial install
 partitions - 1 Gb swap, 8 Gb /, 10 Gb /var, 35 Gb /home, 65 
              Gb /usr
 timezone - central USA , hardware localtime
 software - KDE, experienced, multimedia, compiler, games, etc.

So it proceeds formatting partitions and then begins loading software. The graphical display learns me about Konqueror and KDE and then around 34% or 47% or 28% on subsequent installs it just stalls.

The harddrive is prinary master. The CD-RW is secondary master. BIOS is set manually for these devices as opposed to auto, but I have tried both ways.

Any advice would be appreciated...

Gregory W Zill, MBA
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