help!
i am installing debian 1.3.1 on a brand new pentium pro system
and the install gets stuck at the first "please wait, the
installation program is determining the current state of your
hardware..." window (just after the color/BW query).
i have tried multiple rescue floppys as well as a bootable CD-ROM.
in all cases, i get the same behavior. note that the CD-ROM was
used successfully to set up another system recently.
i have played with various BIOS/SCSI settings but to no avail. i have
read the install.html guide in detail, and have installed/configured
a number of other debian systems. i get no strange warnings as
the BIOS brings itself up and the SCSI devices check out. the
kernel seems to decompress ok and everything. it just hangs up
at the first debian "status check".
some details about my system: (assembled by SAG) super P6DNF dual
processor motherboard (only one processor slot used), adaptec 2940UW
SCSI controller, 4G Seagate HD, SCSI CD-ROM, 1.44M floppy.
really nothing out of the ordinary.
please let me know if anyone has any ideas!
phil
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