Package: Boot-floppies Version: Potato. When I try to initialise a linux partition, mkfs.ext2 hangs, with a seg. fault. This system setup: Maxtor 13500gb 7200rpm HD.(ide chain 0) 2x Celeron 400 Diamon Viper v770 Soundblaster Live value 128mb ram. Ricoh 2x Cd writer.(ide chain 1)