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Hi,
Hope somebody can help. Trying to install 8.2, the installation stops at partition check (hda). I have 3 drives:
2 IBMs 9GB - SCSI
1 WD 100GB - IDE
I'm running mandrake 8.1 and trying to upgrade. Any idea why the installation gets stuck ? Should the partition check take a long time ? Any help is greatly appreciated.
-alex
P.S. Prior to getting stuck, all 3 drives are identified, than the partition check starts and the installation hangs...
In the beginning of install all h/w is identified and so are the HDs. After they are identified i get a message "starting partition check" (I don't remember the exact wording). That's when the system dies - it just sits there for hours, not responding to any key strokes.
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