sysinstall Hangs When Probing Devices on 5.4
Greg Barniskis
nalists at scls.lib.wi.us
Mon Sep 19 12:57:25 PDT 2005
Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I have run the 4.x versions on this exact same hardware with no
> sysinstall issues. I upgraded to 5.4 using the installation CD and
> sysinstall ran fine during the install. However after installing my
> system and doing a full boot, sysinstall just "hangs" at probing on any
> attempt to run from the command line as any user including root. It
> does not respond to either 'kill' or 'kill -9'. The only way to get rid
> of the process is a reboot. Any ideas on why I'm seeing this behavior?
> How can I go about troubleshooting?
Like Garrett, I also have one PC that just takes awhile to come up,
though most are pretty quick. So, try patience first.
Another suggestion - if you've external USB devices, esp. storage,
unplug 'em from the PC and see if the system comes up without 'em. I
had a fun time with an external HD hanging my startups until I
learned to only attach it after everything else was up. Never did
figure out exactly why (not enough time to play with it once a
workaround was presented).
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Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator
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