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In <1997Jan6.145939.25461@levels.unisa.edu.au>, GEORGE.WILEY@levels.unisa.edu.au (George Wiley, School of Computer & Information Science, University of South Australia) writes:
>I have been having REAL problems installing Merlin on a machine with a 1.6Gig
>IDE drive plus a Soundblaster 16 PnP with Hex CD-ROM.
>
>The problem fall into 2 groups:
>
>Group 1:
>-------
>I get as far as the last part of the install (don't ask how I know this, I
>just do) where a whole lot of configuration is going on while those 3 or 4
>inane screens (advertising VT etc) are being repeatedly displayed and the
>status line shows what's happening while those 2 small black and white
>"wheels" are spinning.  At that point, the installation FREEZES but the
>display screens continuing cycling, the "wheels" in the status line keep
>spinning but no other information shows in the status line.  SO EVENTUALLY I
>CRT/ALT/DEL and when it reboots, it looks like everything is installed and
>functioning.  UNTIL I realize that none of the TCP/IP (modem) stuff has been
>installed - no drivers, documentation files NOTHING - not even a directory
>called TCPIP!
>This EXACT same problem recurred several times - each time starting with a
>newly reformatted HPFS partition.

Had the exact same problem with a slightly different config (1.6GB, SB16 non-PnP,
and Panasonic 2X CD-ROM). I found out that the system is quite available at that
point and I could terminate the install program from the Window List, go to a
prompt and explore... I found a directory named \LOCINSTU, and in there was some
program with a INSTALLesque name. Started it, and the installation resumed and
completed. I've got it configured and TCP/IP installed.

Still a nuisance, though. Any non-techie would have thrown the box out of the
window and bought something else...

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