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If you can spare some space than I think the best way to do this would |
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be to install Gentoo from your existing Fedora install as Josh |
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suggested. Than use lshw, lspci and lsusb to manually configure your |
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own kernel to your hardware requirements without having to worry about |
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auto detection. |
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An interesting point though, when install gentoo on my friends |
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notebook we had a similar problem of the install CD hanging and not |
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getting passed a point (during hardware detection) not matter how long |
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we left it. Luckily I had the 2004.1, 2004.3 and 2005.0 install cd's. |
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The 2004.1 install CD worked perfectly getting through all the |
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hardware detection. Once installed an emerge sync and a change in |
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profile and his install was sorted. So I dont know if you tried |
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different versions of the gentoo install cd but if not maybe track |
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down an older on? (2004.1 possibly). |
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Other than that I wish you luck. I would also cry if I had to use "the |
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distro that most wants to be like windows" *sigh* ... hshsh sorry |
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couldnt resist. |
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Cheers |
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Rav |
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On 6/1/05, Sad Jack <sadjack45@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Sad Jack wrote: |
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> > Josh Hunholz wrote: |
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> > |
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> >>If you have FC3 up and running, why not just install Gentoo from that? |
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> >>Make a new partition and copy the Gentoo tarball into it. Then chroot into |
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> >>in and install! It's quite easy to do it that way. :) |
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> >> |
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> >>--Josh Hunhol |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >>>Sad Jack wrote: |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >>>>Cliff Rowley wrote: |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>>Sad Jack wrote: |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>>Whenever I try and boot from the install CD (the same one used to |
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> >>>>>>install on my desktop, the current universal 2005) installation hangs |
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> >>>>>>after 'ok installing the kernel'. Nothing seems to happen, no disk |
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> >>>>>>access (CD or Hard drive). |
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> >>>>>> |
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> >>>>>>I've tried other distros..Suse, Ubuntu, Puppy, the only one that gets |
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> >>>>>>me |
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> >>>>>>passed the above is Slackware 10.1 which goes through the complete |
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> >>>>>>install but cannot write lilo to boot. Just says it can't write and |
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> >>>>>>says |
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> >>>>>>to do it manually. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>Is there some kind of boot or virus protection switched on in your BIOS? |
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> >>>>>Perhaps something that prevents the boot loader from being |
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> >>>>>overwritten? Although that doesn't explain the detection weirdness. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>Only thing I can think of, aside from some funky unsupported hardware. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>>I get the feeling that its at the hardware detection stage that is the |
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> >>>>>>problem as live CD's when booted in failsafe load and work OK. I can't |
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> >>>>>>find a failsafe option to boot Gentoo, is there one? |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>>Hmm interesting. Maybe if you could boot Slackware 10.1 or boot the |
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> >>>>>livecd's in failsafe and save your dmesg output it might provide some |
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> >>>>>more insight (maybe). |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>Thanks for the replies. |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>some interesting suggestions there especially about the bios. Can't |
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> >>>>check it just now as I'm mid way through installing Fedora Core 3 which |
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> >>>>at least is installing the packages same as Slacware 10.1. Not got to |
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> >>>>the stage where grub is written yet, so heres fingers crossed that at |
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> >>>>least I will get some form of linux on this thing. |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>I'll check out the bios as soon as it reboots |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>Cheers |
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> >>> |
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> >>>OK |
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> >>> |
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> >>>FC 3 is loaded and running. Grub was installed and works fine. |
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> >>> |
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> >>>FC3 has not detected the graphics or the screen correctly and at the |
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> >>>moment I am stuck with 800x600 resolution or lower. |
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> >>> |
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> >>>I would suggest at this stage its a hardware detection problem with the |
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> >>>other distro and that FC3 is a little more accomodating! |
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> >>> |
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> >>>Its not my preferred install and I'll keep looking for a way to get |
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> >>>gentoo so if there are any more suggestions, please keep them coming! |
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> >>> |
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> >>>By the way there is no settings in the bios that cause a problem with |
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> >>>writing the bootloader. |
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> >>> |
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> >>>Thanks again |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > Thanks Josh |
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> > |
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> > I've been away for a few days so things have not changed much! I'll give |
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> > your suggestion a go. |
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> A big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to try and help me |
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> with this install. Still no luck however! |
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> Everytime the installation starts to look for hardware it hangs just |
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> after Ok installing the kernel. Josh I tried your suggestion but managed |
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> to get myself in knotts and crashed and burned. Never mind. I'm still |
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> learning. |
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> I was wondering, is there a way to pass a command to the install process |
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> to tell it not to detect hardware? I feel sure this is the issue. As I |
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> have to dual boot with XP for work reasons and wish to use gentoo for |
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> personal ones, I don't need all the tricked out kit to run under gentoo. |
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> Some simple apps under kde is all i need. I can always take my time |
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> with the other stuff. |
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> Fedora is ok but..... |
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