[cooker-amd64] Installation of printer for 9.2RC1

[Michael White]

I'm trying to install an HP 1200 Laserjet printer under Mandrake 9.2 RC1 for 
AMD 64 (Asus SK8N motherboard), and it's giving me fits.  

If the printer is connected during the install, the install gets stuck in an 
infinite loop (installing package, can't find package, installing package, 
can't find package, etc...).  So I disconnected the printer and am now 
attempting to install the printer via HardDrake.  This basically hangs my 
system at "Searching for printers" after HardDrake prompts me for CD #1: "ps" 
hangs, "ifconfig" hangs, and the reboot is troublesome at best (sometimes 
requiring a power cycle).  User-level functionality (e.g. "ls", "xterm", 
"su", etc...) seems to be unaffected.  Has this been fixed in the official 
release?  Is there anywhere I can download a patch?

Thanks in advance.
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Michael White         "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
                       fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891