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Re: Debian Install stalls at 5% (at least for 3 hours, don't know if it suffices to designate this state as `stall')



Arthur Machlas wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Merciadri Luca
> <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm installating Debian Lenny on an old P2 350 Mhz to make a server.
>> <SNIP>
>> tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and
>> here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours). I did not mess
>> anything with the parameters, and this is not at all my first Debian
>> install. I don't understand why this happens.
>>     
>
> Can't recall exactly where you can switch to the output, but hit
> Ctrl+Alt+F1, F2, F3, F4 to see what's going on. I think it's on F4.
>   
Thanks. Why is it never mentioned in the install process? (I wouldn't
have disturbed the ML if I had seen this directly.)

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