Peter VanCampen wrote:
It always hangs up just after selecting the language, when it is checking the HD modules.
Here is the WEIRD Part: This same machine works perfectly OK when I boot from the 7.2 CD !!
This seems to involve the SCSI module for the Adaptec 2940 UW . Is this a real bug?
This sounds suspiciously like the problem I ran into just a few hours ago. I was reinstalling 7.1 because there were some major hardware changes including new SCSI drive. I have the Adaptec 29160 and noticed the freeze early in the install process, I think at the same point that you mentioned but I am not sure now. While it was frozen, my boss came to talk to me so I was distracted for several minutes. When I got back to my computer I saw that it finally got past that point and went through the rest of the install except for rebooting the computer after all installation and setup were complete. Try just leaving your computer alone at that point for several minutes and see if it works. I am really curious to know if perhaps this is the same problem I had. Like you, I would also like to know if this is a bug and what is the fix for it. Since you have Adaptec SCSI, is your boot disc at any other SCSI address than the default 0? I discovered the same problem found with mixed SCSI/IDE systems: LILO gets confused about which is the first disc so I had to tamper with lilo.conf per instructions in the SuSE manual. Can anyone please explain why the installation process goes just fine but it can't boot until lilo.conf is fixed? Damon Register