Hi all.

I'm dual-booting Mandrakelinux (Discovery 10.1) with Windows. Installation was successful, but when I tried to boot Linux, the verbose screened showed that I hung on "Checking for new hardware." Then, I found that if I unplugged two odd USB items (a Cubase SX3 USB "dongle" and a Midisport 2x2 midi-in device) it would boot fine. I don't need to use either of these things in Linux (only on Windows where the studio recording software is loaded), so instead of trying to get Linux to recognize them, is it possible to just make these ports inactive while running Linux? My current workaround is to reach behind the computer and unplug these things everytime I switch to Linux! Lazy? 'Spose. But there's got to be another way...

Thanks; hope to hear from someone. Paul Eddy

Bumping. How embarassing.

Paul Eddy.

Just to continue the mystery...

Could anyone tell me why my "Move" CD (which I think has Mandrake 10.0) has no problem with the above mentioned USB devices, and also has no problem running my printer and enabling sound from my sound card. My hard drive installation of Mandrake 10.1 has problems with all of these things! What gives? Is 10.0 more compatible than 10.1, or is it just that I'm runnung Linux from a CD drive? Anyone?

Paul