Scotland O. Clark wrote: > Using 3.1r2 (and 3.1r1), when install is writing changes to the > partition tables using ext3 the partitioning utility either locks the > system up altogether or spontaneously reboots it. > > System: ECS P4M800PRO-M v1.0 motherboard > 1024MB Mushkin PC2700 memory > Nvidia GeForce 2 video card > 2 WD800 80GB hard drives > > The install proceeds normally until it gets to the partitioning, and the > partitioning utility works properly until told to write the changes to > the drives. So the kernel is not able to robustly support your drives, and locks up during heavy access. Have you tried using the 2.6 kernel? Boot the installer with "linux26". You might also try the etch beta 2 release, which uses a newer 2.6 kernel by default. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer to download. -- see shy jo
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