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Subject: Re: 6.2 install hangs ... Found (remembered) the problem From: "Pete Peterson" <petersonp@genrad.com> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:48:15 -0400 Yesterday, I sent in reports relating to my problem loading 6.2 on a DEC Prioris 5200XL machine. The installation hung and locked up keyboard and mouse during loading of packages, even though this machine had been running for RecHat 5.0 28 months without a hitch. I tried 2 6.2 custom installs, a 6.2 Workstation install and a 6.1 custom install, all with the same results. Finally, I dredged a recollection out of the depths of my memory and remembered that I had had a similar problem way back when I loaded 4.x onto these machines (there are two of them configured identically for mail/DNS). There seemed to be some problem with the SCSI CD drives causing hanging in the installation process, but I vaguely remember that loading 5.0 worked OK. Hey -- I'm lucky if I can remember 28 hours ago, let alone 28 months ago! Since I only did package upgrades over the network after the initial installation, I never used the CD and forgot about the problem. Anyhow, I put the CD on another machine and did a network (NFS) install and 6.2 installed fine. I'm going to glue stickers onto those CD drives so the problem isn't forgotten again. ===