Setup:
Soyo K7ADA Motherboard
Maxtor 30G HDD - 5T030H3
Riva TNT2 M64 32M APG Vid Card
256M PC2100 DDR Memory Stick

I'm using purchased 2-DVD set to install. I know the disks are
okay because, I've tested them on another machine.

During the 'Starting Partitioner', it always freezes a 38%.
I've tried every boot option which could pertain to my particular
setup as listed in the help screen with no success.

I've switched out the video card & HDD from a box that it did
install okay on, and that did not help - same 38% freeze.

Also, Woody installs w/o a problem. I'm left to surmise that it
just doesn't like the Soyo motherboard for some reason.

Gia

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In article <ghlv81hbbjp41bdlddiangi9k24vtdfut5@4ax.com>, sam@nowhere.com
says...
> Setup:
> Soyo K7ADA Motherboard
> Maxtor 30G HDD - 5T030H3
> Riva TNT2 M64 32M APG Vid Card
> 256M PC2100 DDR Memory Stick
>
> I'm using purchased 2-DVD set to install. I know the disks are
> okay because, I've tested them on another machine.
>
> During the 'Starting Partitioner', it always freezes a 38%.
> I've tried every boot option which could pertain to my particular
> setup as listed in the help screen with no success.
>
> I've switched out the video card & HDD from a box that it did
> install okay on, and that did not help - same 38% freeze.
>
> Also, Woody installs w/o a problem. I'm left to surmise that it
> just doesn't like the Soyo motherboard for some reason.
>
> Gia
>

Have you tried any of the other modes for the sarge installer?  You
could try the 2.6 kernel option and see if sarge likes that better.
There are a few different options for the installer that may be helpful
or at least help you to narrow down the problem.

--
Michael Perry | do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda
mperry@lnxpowered.org | http://www.lnxpowered.org

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Michael Perry wrote:

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>Have you tried any of the other modes for the sarge installer?  You
>could try the 2.6 kernel option and see if sarge likes that better.
>There are a few different options for the installer that may be helpful
>or at least help you to narrow down the problem.

Thanks for the reply. I've since purchased a new motherboard
and the problem vanished.

Yes, I did try what you suggested, and nada. Had to be that the
MB went bad, or something.

Sam~

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