Install hangs at step 4 - scanning disks

[shamrock73]

I am attempting to install cassandra and am running into an issue. I get to step 4 and the Starting up the partitioner window comes up but stalls at 46% it says it is scanning disks. I ran the checksum on the cd and burned at 4x I have tried 2 drives and get the same result. I was able to install to an older pc from the same cd. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Husse]

That is seemingly the critical point....
Did you use the same option for partitioning in both cases?
I always recommend burning at the slowest speed possible generally 2x
There are always errors on a CD and they are corrected by ECC code also on the CD. It may simply be that the player in this computer can't cope with that on the present CD

[shamrock73]

Thanks for the reply. I never actually got to the point where I could choose how to partition on the pc that it stalls on it just sits at scanning disks. I'll reburn and see if that changes anything. I have tried on the two drives that are on that pc but the result is the same. One is a Plextor the other a Samsung.

[Boo]

how much RAM do you have?
I have found this to be a sticking point when installing onto low RAM (276MB) systems.

The CD boots and you can do stuff but at install you freeze when scanning the disks to load the partition editor. just like you.

[shamrock73]

The PC it stalls on has 1 gb of ram, Athlon 2800 processor 1 120 GB Maxtor sata hard drive and one 200 GB Seagate pata hard drive and two optical drives. The sata is handled by a silicon image 3112a controller on the motherboard. I did burn another cd at 4x, I couldn't burn any slower, and it also stops at the same point.

[Husse]

This is a bit of along shot - are you trying to install on the SATA drive?
If so could you try the PATA drive?
There has been some issues with SATA....
If you succeed don't upgrade the kernel - you may have the same trouble as with ICH

[shamrock73]

Thanks for the thought but the install never gets to the point at which I can choose. I was actually thinking about attempting the install with the sata drive disconnected and see what happens. I'll post the result either way after I try with no sata.

[Boo]

what happens if you boot the live CD and run Gparted under administration?

do you see the disks then?

I have another crazy idea that you could use synaptic while live, but the problem is what parts to update without a reboot.

[shamrock73]

Well I haven't had time to attempt without the sata drive, but I did try to run gparted. Gparted doesn't run either it just keeps looking for the discs.

[shamrock73]

I got it! It turns out that I had a bad IDE cable that was causing the issue, I replaced it and all was good in my world anyway. thanks to the suggestions & ideas.