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Iain McKee wrote: |
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> Okay so I probably shouldn't be using gentoo, since I have minimal |
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> linux experience (yellowdog and ubuntu), but there is only one way to |
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> learn right. |
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> I recently bought a machine with an amd64 3400+ processor. |
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> I downloaded the amd64 install, burned it to CD and verified that it |
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> was complete and working. I wanted to keep windows, so I used |
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> partition magic 8 to create the linux partitions, then rebooted with |
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> the gentoo install CD. But now when initially boot, the CD hangs at |
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> 68%...in verbose mode, it looks as though it is sticking when checking |
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> my processor. |
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I have a 3400+ and I didn't have any problems with Ubuntu, Fedora, or |
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Gentoo. Does Windows run on it okay? Is it the 64-bit version of XP or |
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the 32-bit? |
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> any idea how to figure out what I have done wrong? The partitioning |
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> should be fine, but I am starting to wonder since no distros will |
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> work. I can't even get the live installer to finish the hardware |
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> verification and that worries me. |
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> The only boot disk i have for windows is not a restore, but a bare |
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> minimum XP install. I would rather not format completely |
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> Sorry for being such a newbie, any help is appreciated!!! |
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> BTW, I did try booting with a couple of other linux install discs. |
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> They were x86 and did not work. I'm not sure if this is because of |
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> what I messed up or if it is because they are x86. |
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> ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!!!! |
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Personally, I don't trust PM to build my linux partitions. I've never |
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had a ton of luck with it. Maybe it's just me, but I would have just |
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shrunk the Windows partition and left a bunch of free space on the drive |
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to have gentoo (or any other distro) build the partitions for me. I |
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dislike a Windows app doing anything with linux partitions. |
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You also never said what kind of HDD you have or it's size. I don't |
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think it's a CPU issue, but it might be, I still think it's a HDD issue. |
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