Mandriva 2008 boot stalls on "setting hostname localhost:" on HPdv9700t

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02-24-2008, 07:00 PM	#1
cmack43 LQ Newbie Registered: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 Rep:	Mandriva 2008 boot stalls on "setting hostname localhost:" on HPdv9700t Hi, I recently purchased the above laptop which came with: 1. AMD Turion 64x2 mobile processor running @ 2.0 GHz 2. 3.00Gb RAM 3. Two (2) 120Gb drives 4. NVIDIA 512Mb GeForce 8400M video 5. VISTA Home Premium 32. I replaced the VISTA drive with an eqivalent clean drive on which I installed XP Home. I installed Mandriva 2008 w/64 bit support on the second drive for a dual boot system. I encountered no issues with the Mandriva installation but when I try to boot Linux from the hard drive, the boot stalls on "setting hostname localhost: ". I also installed the Mandriva Linux to a clean single-disk config but got the same result. I can find no boot option or info that seems to apply to this problem and welcome new ideas.

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