> Just to throw my 2 cents in, if the machine hangs, sometimes its because it > cannot figure out its own name via name lookup. > I had similar case like yours. > > It would hang every time I got so feed up with it I left it on and it > eventually finished booting. > Xwindows would have a similar problem. > > I finally figured out that it's the can't figure out its own name problem. Just to add my own 2 pence ( I'm English....) If it is the network, and from what you say I'm not sure it is, but if it is then I found the default network settings not to be particularly appropriate for a laptop install. For a laptop you *don't* really want the network to start automatically, since by definition laptops move around and may boot in an environment where there is no network. If you haven't already try running system-config-network and setting your network devices not to start by default (you might also want to allow non-root users to start the network). Then the machine won't try and bring the network up whilst booting (and thus wait a very long time if one is not available). While you are at it, try looking at NetworkManager. Its an attempt to make networking easier by automatically detecting available networks and connecting. Its not perfect yet by any stretch of the imagination but might work for you... cheers Chris
