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Sad Jack wrote: |
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> Cliff Rowley wrote: |
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>>Sad Jack wrote: |
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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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>>>I've tried other distros..Suse, Ubuntu, Puppy, the only one that gets 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 says |
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>>>to do it manually. |
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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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>>Only thing I can think of, aside from some funky unsupported hardware. |
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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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>>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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> Thanks for the replies. |
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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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> I'll check out the bios as soon as it reboots |
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> Cheers |
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OK |
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FC 3 is loaded and running. Grub was installed and works fine. |
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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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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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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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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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Thanks again |
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