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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] 8.0 Install Freezes
From:       AnonymousCoward <quantum () ultra2k ! com>
Date:       2002-05-05 17:23:36
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On Sunday 05 May 2002 09:15, John Scott wrote:
> I'm trying to install 8.0 and it freezes during the copy process every
> time.  I've never had problems running SuSE on this system.  It starts
> copying and freezes at various points while installing rpm's.  The last
> time it had installed 13 of 623 packages.  I've used all the install
> options so far including safe settings, no apic, manual.  Anyone know of
> any issues that cause hardlocks?  Using AMD 600, 256M, 60GB IDE, 16M
> TNT2, 3Com 3x905B
>
> JS

My suggestion before was followed by a torrent of criticism, but I'll make it 
again, for the benefit of the majority:

Each disk manufacturer makes a disk utility which lets you low-level format 
the drive.  Polish that disk, and make it write and check the whole drive.

Modern disk drives are not block-checked at the factory due to time 
constraints, so to compensate they turn on block-ckecking until the drive has 
had 10 power cycles.  Then it goes off (with many manufacturers) as it 
impacts performance.

If you have not filled the drive by this time, you DO have undiscovered bad 
blocks, which would cause all kinds of unexplained phenomena.

Some will say that low-level formatting an IDE could damage it.  This was true 
only for the earliest drives, which had faulty microcode.

So POLISH THAT DISK before your install.
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