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RE: Woody Net Install CD Hangs on Dell Laptop



Martijn,

Tried that, that was the first thing I did. Still the machine hangs.

Jeff

On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 14:24, Martijn Stegeman wrote:
> Just FYI: most modern machines feature a hard power down by pressing the
> power button for four seconds; if it works for you, that should be better
> for your machine than removing the battery.
> 
> Regards,
> Martijn
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffrey Forman [mailto:jforman@mail.utexas.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:02 PM
> > To: debian-cd@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Woody Net Install CD Hangs on Dell Laptop
> >
> >
> > I have recently downloaded the 31MB Woody net install cd
> > http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/releases/20020626/
> >
> > and want to install it on my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop again. But for
> > some reason, the installer hangs. Never at any one specific spot. It
> > causes a full hang, where I must remove the battery and AC power to
> > power down the machine, pressing the power button or alt-ctl-del does
> > not do anything.
> >
> > I remember using the last release of the woody netinstall cd to install
> > on this machine, and it worked. I've screwed up a couple things on my
> > laptop and want to reinstall, dont ask. =)
> >
> > Any ideas? Is there anyway to get a debug screen during the install, or
> > even after it hangs?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > jeff
> >
> > jforman@mail.utexas.edu
> >
> >
> >
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