Topic: Stops during install

[B.A.]

I'm trying to install version 5.5, but when it comes to the line :

running /sbin/loader

the installation stops.
The computer freeze completely.

Any idea whats wrong ?

Trying to install on a Maxtor 7200 rpm ATA disk, AMD duron 1200 Mhz cpu, 512 Mb ram.

[Matt]

This applies to Redhat and 7.1 at that but it may help.  Perhaps E-Smith/SME also installs with dma enabled.

http://www.exocore.com/technologies/linux/rhl71dma/

Don't forget that if it does help doing a "linux ide=nodma" then report your cdrom model to Redhat and maybe Mitel so they know about it and can "fix" it in future versions.

[B.A.]

Gave up on installing SME, and then tried Red Hat 8.0
It stopped also, but indicated something about an IRQ 7.
In bios I changed the LPT from IRQ 7 to 5.
Then I installed Red Hat without problems.
And then, just for the fun on it, I tried to install SME, and there was no problems?

So now I running a SME vers. 5.5.

But somehow the error-message was better in the Linux installation, but still, it wasn't pointing out directly what it was.