Bug#256374: Installation hangs on Compaq Presario 1220 while loading module 'ide-cd' during hardware detection for the CD-ROM drive (beta4, i386, linux26)

[Robin Blondon <robinb@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:

> * Robin Blondon <robinb@hfx.eastlink.ca> [2004-06-26 12:47]:
>  
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> > This problem did not appear when trying to install using the Linux 2.4
> > kernel.
> >    
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> After you've made an installation with 2.4, can you install the 2.6
> package and check if you see similar problems?
>  
Do you mean to upgrade the kernel to 2.6 or to try to reinstall Sarge 
using the linux26 option?

I still need to figure out how to complete the installation with 2.4. It 
has a PCMCIA wireless LAN card (a Linksys WPC11) that I need to figure 
out how to get the installer to recognize.

- Robin