At 15:55 +0000 on 14/1/2002, AllanL wrote:

What version of suse, what machine, which kernel, how did you start the install?

OK, things as they stand now. I didn't manage to repeat the performance that actually got me into linuxrc. So here are the answers: 1. SusE version: 7.3 2. PowerBase 180 (equivalent of a Mac 7500 or so), with a G3 replacement CPU. This setup works with 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16). 3. Kernel: the 2.4.12 which is located in the suseboot directory on the first CD. 4. I started the install by accident booting with an older kernel (2.2.16). Currently, with above setup, external MacOS SCSI disk at SCSI ID 1, and external CD/R at SCSI ID 3 (no internal SCSI device, as I unplugged the defective internal CD-rom), I get the following boot messages (this is just the tail of the message, the earlier messages I assume irrelevant): - - - SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 scsi0 : MESH mesh: target 1 synchronous at 5.0 MB/s Vendor: QUANTUM Model: VIKING 4.5 NSE Rev: 880R Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 mesh: target 3 synchronous at 5.0 MB/s Vendor: TEAC Model: CD-R55S Rev: 1.0Q Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 8899737 512-byte hdwr sectors (4557 MB) sda: [mac] sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 - - - That's it - this is where it stops, and the CD/R LED remains on indefinitely. Markus Lischka informs me that he had a similar problem on his machine when upgrading to kernel 2.4.16, with almost the same setup. (Thank you, Markus). However, his suggestion to swap the order of the devices on the SCSI chain so far didn't work. Herouth -- EMAIL: herouth@netvision.net.il HOME PAGE: http://www.herouth.f2s.com/