The boot floppy starts but hangs at the ``Probing Devices...''

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2.24. The boot floppy starts but hangs at the ``Probing Devices...'' screen.

If you have a IDE Zip or Jaz drive installed, remove it and try again. The boot floppy can get confused by the drives. After the system is installed you can reconnect the drive. Hopefully this will be fixed in a later release.