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I've installed gentoo on my desktop and I'm trying now to get it to run |
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as a dual boot with Win XP on my laptop. |
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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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In any case I want Gentoo!!! |
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Laptop |
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Acer TravelMate 8104WLMi |
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Intel Pentium M 760 Processor |
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ATI Mobility Radeon X700 with 128Mb |
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100GB hard drive |
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DVD re writer |
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1GB DDR2 533 |
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The hard drive has a small restore partition with recovery tools hidden |
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under windows and seen in linux as /dev/hda1. The windows install is at |
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/dev/hda2. I have the rest as unallocated space at the mo awaiting |
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(hopefully) Gentoo. |
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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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I've looked around the forums and this problem has been highlighted by |
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others but I do not see a solution. Any ideas would be very gratefully |
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received. |
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