On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 11:05, Dave Oxley wrote: > I have FC2 (with all updates) installed on an Inspiron 8600. The machine > works fine when plugged into the mains but will not boot when running on > betteries. It gets to 'Setting up local disks' and hangs. Does anyone > know how I can solve this? > > Cheers. > Dave. How old is the battery? Since it boots fine when using AC power and does not when using battery it sounds like the battery may not have enough current to spin up the disk drives. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx He who laughs, lasts.