After having aborted an installation, the kernel hangs during a reboot (from bootnet.img), just after it has spawned some messages about USB (that on itself look pretty normal). After a cold reboot (reset button), the boot always works fine. This is on an i815-based system.
Even after a warm reboot following a *successful* installation, the system hangs, just after it has displayed the init step about USB. Warm reboots *afterwards* seem to work ok, so it seems to be the install kernel or Anaconda that causes this strange behaviour.
Probably kernel-BOOT problem
FYI: this problem still appears on Hampton beta2 with kernel 2.4.18-0.1.
I have a USB amchine. I successfully did installs using USB Keyboard and Mouse. Full installs, without crashes. On boot the Stage 1 (installation), I can see on VC3: (...) * modules to insert cramfs vfat * module(s) cramfs vfat not found * load module set done * modules to insert ide_cd * module(s) ide_cd not found * load module set done * modules to insert sd_mod sr_mod * module(s) sd_mod sr_mod not found * load module set done * looking for usb controllers * found USB controller usb-ohci * module(s) usb-ohci not found * load module set done * failed to insert usb module * modules to insert hid keybdev scsi_mod usb_storage * module(s) hid keybdev not found * inserted /tmp/scsi_mod.o * inserted /tmp/usb_storage.o * load module set done (...) This is rather strange. Anyway. The installation works OK (installs, boots, works after boot) with both USB devices (keyboard, mouse).
I had no problems installing on my i815 system with USB KB and mouse. Tried both warm and cold boots. Both worked fine.
I have a USB amchine. I successfully did installs using USB Keyboard and Mouse. Full installs, without crashes. Then, the machine works OK. It has no i815 though. As extra information, I noticed the following: On install, at Stage 1 (first boot), I can see on VC3: (...) * modules to insert cramfs vfat * module(s) cramfs vfat not found * load module set done * modules to insert ide_cd * module(s) ide_cd not found * load module set done * modules to insert sd_mod sr_mod * module(s) sd_mod sr_mod not found * load module set done * looking for usb controllers * found USB controller usb-ohci * module(s) usb-ohci not found * load module set done * failed to insert usb module * modules to insert hid keybdev scsi_mod usb_storage * module(s) hid keybdev not found * inserted /tmp/scsi_mod.o * inserted /tmp/usb_storage.o * load module set done (...) This is rather strange. Anyway. The installation works OK (installs, boots, works after boot) with both USB devices (keyboard, mouse).
works for me - reopen if you can still reproduce.
IIRC, it still happened with the first 8.1 beta. Unfortunately, I have not always such a specific (i8xx) system available for test purposes, so I can't reproduce it now. Will probably be able to try again in one or two weeks.