Kevin Philp wrote:
> What are peoples recommendations - should we just stick with the 2.4 kernel?
>> Kevin.
Nope.
It _sounds_ to me like there is some sort of error that gets exposed by
harddrake when probing for whatever USB hardware you use ....
Having a little think about this in my head, I'd _say_ what may be
happening is that during system install the installer tries to probe for
_every_ possible device driver it has in /lib/modules/2.6.blah
one of those does something nasty to your machine.
Configuring the system with 2.4 probably has less modules or perhaps
just not that hard hang error with module-x.
Since you get all the way through configuration, with a 2.4, you now
have a configured set of modules to load at startup.
This is why (I'd guess) that subsequent 2.6 boots succeed once you are
probing for _just_ the hardware on your system as opposed to _all_
potential hardware.
disclaimer : I have a vague idea that *mainlinedistro* automagic config
utils try to load the world and it's mother of modules during install,
that guess could be wrong, this is not a process I've investigated in
any detail worth talking about.
You should find the module/modules that are causing the error and file a
bug report.
Bryan
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
