[Leaplist] Install Troubles ... still

[William Warren]

disable the onboard nic and install a pci nic.  You mentioned it's 
hanging there..that is probably your issue.

Bruce Metcalf wrote:
> Bruce Metcalf wrote:
> 
>> I've given up on the dark side and am switching over.
> 
>> My big machine won't load the distro I want. It'll load Knoppix and
>> DSL just fine. But I want to run Dapper Drake Kubuntu 6.06.1 LTS
>> (i386). I get as far as the first splash screen and it hangs at
>> "Mounting root file system".
> 
> Thanks for all the suggestions. The results:
> 
> Ray suggested that the 400W power supply might be insufficient. I don't 
> have a larger one to swap out, so I disconnected three hard drives, the 
> floppy, and the modem. Running only the mb, CDROM, one HD, and a video 
> card, I get the same results.
> 
> Dan suggested I check the CD in another system to see if it had been 
> damaged. Tried that. Loads just fine and passes the CD check.
> 
> He also asked if I were using the 32- or 64-bit version. I'm sticking to 
> the 32-bit version so that all my systems will be running the same version.
> 
> He also asked if I had tried Edgy. Yes, and it fails exactly the same 
> way. I'm using Dapper instead because of some compatibility issues with 
> other machines.
> 
> Steve asked what happened when I boot to boot level 1 (single user). I 
> can't get that far. As for what's in /etc/fstab, I can say with 
> confidence there's *nothing* there. This HD hasn't yet been formatted 
> for Linux, and still has Windoze in an NTFS partition.
> 
> He also suggested disabling unnecessary services. Afraid I don't get far 
> enough along to *have* services.
> 
> Thanks for the ideas. Sorry none of them were the answer.
> 
> Any other ideas to share?
> 
> Bruce
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