Re: [SLE] Install Hangs on Ramdisk

From: Blue Moose IT Support (support_at_bluemooseit.com)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Jackson Miller wrote:
    | I have two desktops at work. Both are new Dells. One is a Dimension
    2400 and
    | one is an Optiplex 170L. Both fail when I try to install SuSE.
    |
    | What happens is that they stall when "Loading Ramdisk" takes place.
    On the
    | Optiplex is stops after only a few dots, but the Dimension gets further
    | along.
    |
    | The same thing happens when I try the install with Safe Settings.
    |
    | Has anyone experienced this before? I have search the web and turned
    up no
    | clues. Any help?
    |
    | -Jackson
    |
    I had something similar happen to me yesterday. I added another gig of
    Ram to my desktop. I forgot that I had manually changed some settings in
    the bios to tweak it for the original ram. When I set the ram bios
    settings back to default I was able to continue booting. I doubt that
    this is what you are experiencing, but may help point you in a new
    direction...

    HTH,

    - -Sayf

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