ECS 2.0 rc3 Install hangs in phase 2

I've installed all the ECS 2.0 betas and rc 1 & 2 without problems (aside 
from a 2GB memory problem for which I have an outstanding ticket).  When I 
try to install rc3 it hangs during the reboot from hard drive (phase 2) 
with the message that it's loading KBDBASE.SYS.  I really have no idea 
where to go with this problem, any suggestions?

Is it a USB keyboard? Is legacy USB Support turned off in BIOS?

Only things I can think of :C

Mike Zions wrote:
> I've installed all the ECS 2.0 betas and rc 1 & 2 without problems
> (aside from a 2GB memory problem for which I have an outstanding
> ticket).  When I try to install rc3 it hangs during the reboot from hard
> drive (phase 2) with the message that it's loading KBDBASE.SYS.  I
> really have no idea where to go with this problem, any suggestions?
> 
It could be an ACPI problem. Default switches for acpi.psd are /SMP and
/APIC. Go to maintenance desktop after phase 1 and edit line
basedev=acpi.psd to have no switces.

Thank you very much!  It is as you said, an ACPI problem.  I followed your 
advice and removed the /SMP & /APIC switches from the PSD=ACPI.PSD entry 
in config.sys then the install completed with no problems.


Thanks again.....Mike.

I have exactly that same problem.  It happened to me also with RC2, and I 
was hoping RC3 would cure it, but no such luck.  It is definitely 
something with ACPI.  When I rem out PSD=acpi.psd then it gets past the 
kbdbase.sys hang, but stops later on with the message that o2/s cannot 
operate the hard drive. I don't know yet what the solution is, I'm hoping 
that the right combination of switches will do something.  Incidentally, 
this is happening on a ACER Aspire 3100 laptop.