Gentoo Archives: gentoo-laptop

From: Sad Jack <sadjack45@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Install problems
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 08:27:10
Message-Id: 429C2D1C.3090404@tiscali.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Install problems by Josh Hunholz
1 Josh Hunholz wrote:
2 > If you have FC3 up and running, why not just install Gentoo from that?
3 > Make a new partition and copy the Gentoo tarball into it. Then chroot into
4 > in and install! It's quite easy to do it that way. :)
5 >
6 > --Josh Hunhol
7 >
8 >
9 >>Sad Jack wrote:
10 >>
11 >>>Cliff Rowley wrote:
12 >>>
13 >>>
14 >>>>Sad Jack wrote:
15 >>>>
16 >>>>
17 >>>>
18 >>>>>Whenever I try and boot from the install CD (the same one used to
19 >>>>>install on my desktop, the current universal 2005) installation hangs
20 >>>>>after 'ok installing the kernel'. Nothing seems to happen, no disk
21 >>>>>access (CD or Hard drive).
22 >>>>>
23 >>>>>I've tried other distros..Suse, Ubuntu, Puppy, the only one that gets
24 >>>>>me
25 >>>>>passed the above is Slackware 10.1 which goes through the complete
26 >>>>>install but cannot write lilo to boot. Just says it can't write and
27 >>>>>says
28 >>>>>to do it manually.
29 >>>>
30 >>>>
31 >>>>Is there some kind of boot or virus protection switched on in your BIOS?
32 >>>>Perhaps something that prevents the boot loader from being
33 >>>>overwritten? Although that doesn't explain the detection weirdness.
34 >>>>
35 >>>>Only thing I can think of, aside from some funky unsupported hardware.
36 >>>>
37 >>>>
38 >>>>
39 >>>>>I get the feeling that its at the hardware detection stage that is the
40 >>>>>problem as live CD's when booted in failsafe load and work OK. I can't
41 >>>>>find a failsafe option to boot Gentoo, is there one?
42 >>>>
43 >>>>
44 >>>>Hmm interesting. Maybe if you could boot Slackware 10.1 or boot the
45 >>>>livecd's in failsafe and save your dmesg output it might provide some
46 >>>>more insight (maybe).
47 >>>>
48 >>>>
49 >>>
50 >>>Thanks for the replies.
51 >>>
52 >>>some interesting suggestions there especially about the bios. Can't
53 >>>check it just now as I'm mid way through installing Fedora Core 3 which
54 >>>at least is installing the packages same as Slacware 10.1. Not got to
55 >>>the stage where grub is written yet, so heres fingers crossed that at
56 >>>least I will get some form of linux on this thing.
57 >>>
58 >>>I'll check out the bios as soon as it reboots
59 >>>
60 >>>Cheers
61 >>
62 >>OK
63 >>
64 >>FC 3 is loaded and running. Grub was installed and works fine.
65 >>
66 >>FC3 has not detected the graphics or the screen correctly and at the
67 >>moment I am stuck with 800x600 resolution or lower.
68 >>
69 >>I would suggest at this stage its a hardware detection problem with the
70 >>other distro and that FC3 is a little more accomodating!
71 >>
72 >>Its not my preferred install and I'll keep looking for a way to get
73 >>gentoo so if there are any more suggestions, please keep them coming!
74 >>
75 >>By the way there is no settings in the bios that cause a problem with
76 >>writing the bootloader.
77 >>
78 >>Thanks again
79 >>--
80 >>gentoo-laptop@g.o mailing list
81 >>
82 >>
83 >
84 >
85
86
87 Thanks Josh
88
89 I've been away for a few days so things have not changed much! I'll give
90 your suggestion a go.
91 --
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[gentoo-laptop] HOWTO - lvm + dm-crypt + suspend2 Benjamin Smee <strerror@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-laptop] Install problems Sad Jack <sadjack45@××××××××××.uk>