On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 16:52 -0500, Andrew Blechman wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 20:26, Andrew Blechman wrote: > > > Hello. > > > I am relatively new to Linux and decided that I would use my old computer ... > I tried that, and I also tried the "nofb" option, and both had the same > effect, no change. I also tried "noprobe", pretty much everything I > could find on the boot screen. You didn't say much about the hardware. Have you checked the minimum requirements on http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ ? e.g.: Memory Requirements This section lists the memory required to install Fedora Core 3. * Minimum for text-mode: 64MB * Minimum for graphical: 192MB * Recommended for graphical: 256MB Phil