Hi all, this is my first go at linux after my win2k faild to boot for the gazilenth time and rather than reinstall it I thought now is the time to try the better option.
So armed with a fresh cover disk install of mandrak 10 (3 cd) I start the install process but it bearly gets out of the starting gate.

1. detect usb - ok
2 "loading program into memory" - gives red bar - ok
3 proceeding with install - STALLED

any ideas or suggestions before I have to turn back to the dark side?


Thanks
HRT

When the install stops, try to switch to console using ctrl+alt+f1 (in fact, one of ctrl+alt+f to ctrl+alt+f4) - installer messages (move verbose than those in graphical mode) will be shown. If there's an error it should be listed. Plase note down last 2-3 messages and post them.

Thx Mara,

last 3 lines

setting probeall usb-interface to chci-hcd
mounting none on /proc/bus/usb as type usbdevfs, options
calling mount(none /proc/bus/usb, usbdevfs, -1058209792, )

A problem when mounting USB devices. Try to unplug all you have on USB.

Hello Hrt08 and Mara,

I have the exact same problem as hrt08, trying to install Mandrake 10.1 Offiicial on my eMachine 9210 (AMD Athlon 64) : setup gets stalled after mount(none, /proc/bus/usb, usbdevfs, -105820972).

1. I have checked that nothing was plugged to the USB ports

2. The 3 Mandrake 10.1 Cds are OK since I was able to install the distribution on my old Pentium II machine

3. The problem seems typical to version 10.1 since my eMachine is currently running Mandrake 10.0 Official (actually I just wanted to gently upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1). I also tried to boot on the first Mandrake 10.0 CD and it is still OK.

Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.

I booted in expert mode with : linux acpi=off noapic nolapic and was able to install Mandrake 10.1 on the eMachine.

I only needed to configure my printer after installation and first boot on Mandrake 10.1.

I'm getting a similar problem with 10.1

I'm using a USB keyboard and mouse though, so I'll try it with regualr PS2 versions and see...

Yeah, things worked better with a regular mouse, if anyone's interested.