[ILUG] Redhat 7.1 install freezing while "Initializing PC Card devices"

[Glen Gray]

This sounds like it's probing for PCMCIA devices. At least in the
install on my laptop this is where if found my PCMCIA CD-ROM. Not sure
as to why it's freezing, try turining off plugin'n'play OS in the BIOS
if it's there.

Glen

On 23 Apr 2001 12:31:53 +0100, McAuley, Tim wrote:
> Hiya,
> 
> I burnt the CDs last week and got around to trying to install 7.1 last
> night. However it freezes on me, just after bringing up the first windows
> and while displaying the message "Initializing PC Card devices". I'm not
> sure how to work around it. Mind you, I was a bit tired last night and only
> spent an hour or so at it. For some reason I am having trouble booting from
> the CD, so I'm using "autoboot" from DOS. Unfortunately, this means I can't
> choose advanced (but will it make any difference?). There are no other
> consoles up and running, so that's a pain too.
> 
> Current Set-up:
> ABit be6 (1st edition)
> Intel Celeron 400 (running at 500)
> Viper 550 graphics card
> 10GB Fujitsu (UDMA 66) drive
> TV Tuner card
> N/W card
> 
> I detached a modem and serial infrared port just in case.
> 
> I wiped the machine fully last week, and installed Windows 98 on it, after
> partitioning it (using Partition Magic from a CD, usual - /boot, Windows,
> Linux Swap, / 
> 
> The hard disk and CD-Roms are both running off the standard IDE UDMA33
> interface. Nothing is attached to the HTP366/UDMA66 interface. The interface
> is still detected in boot-up though, because I see messages about it fly
> past during the kernel initialisation.
> 
> ****************
> Slightly Aside:
> 
> When I first got the machine, I put the hard drive on the UDMA 66 slot.
> However I found it unstable as anything and took it off, and ran the
> CD-writer from it, no problems.
> 
> After the reinstall I decided to give the HPT366 another go, and failed. It
> just doesn't work for me. Windows would crash about half the time during, or
> shortly after reboot. I have the latest BIOS for the M/B and latest drivers
> for HPT366. I guess it is either the motherboard is slightly dodgy or the
> hard disk is not fully UDMA66 compliant (which I suspect because I have a
> friend with the same board but an IBM disk).
> 
> Has anyone else had issues with the same (or similar) set-up?
> ****************
> 
> Any ideas? Can you add boot params to loadlin from DOS? 
> i.e. ide2=c400, e800, 11 (I can't remember memory addresses)
> I tried adding some last night just in case the HTP366 was causing problem,
> but it didn't seem to make any difference.
> 
> Thanks, it might save me some time this evening if anyone has any ideas!
> It's been a while since I've actually used Linux at home properly and I want
> to get stuck back into it. I've been looking after the Linux servers here in
> work for a while so I really want to start using Linux for home use, and
> playing with games, and non-work items in general!
> 
> Cya,
>  
> Tim McAuley
> 
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