On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 20:37, Kit Stube wrote: > Hi, i am trying to help a friend install debian on his dell inspiron 8000 > laptop and the machiene will hard lock when trying to format the partition > (or create them) > > i've installed debian on a few dozen computers before and 3.0r1 has always > worked for me in the past (usually this exact disc) so i am uncertian as > to what to do. it seems like (on linuxlaptops.net at least) that > installing linux on one of these is fairly straitforward (and since it > currently has redhat on it i know it can be done) so does anyone have any > thoughts as to what is going on here that would cause this hard lock? > > thanks for your time Sounds weird .. what kernel are you booting from ? Regards, Martin List-Petersen martin at list-petersen dot dk -- When man calls an animal "vicious", he usually means that it will attempt to defend itself when he tries to kill it.
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