On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:01:38 -0600, David Nelson <David.Nelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, I haven't updated the BIOS and am unfamiliar with how to do so. Regarding RH8, I tried the upgrade to no avail so I just reformatted the disc to install FC3. That is where I am today. > > On the Hardware front, I'll take a look. The machine has a slave drive Maxtor HD and a Yamaha CD-RW internal attached. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sergio fernandez [mailto:s.fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:38 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Trouble booting fresh Core 3 install > > Have you tried updating the PC bios to the latest version. > Also Have you tried to do a clean install of FC3 and not upgrading RH8 > (be careful not to delete your work). Maybe just chuck in a spare hard > disk just to see if the upgrade path is the issue. > Try removing any hardware that is not needed for the initial install > and add them later. > Hope this helps > > On 19 Jan 2005, at 15:24, David Nelson wrote: > > > No, its the original standard CRT Micron. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sergio fernandez [mailto:s.fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:22 AM > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: Re: Trouble booting fresh Core 3 install > > > > > > > > Are you using a flat screen display? > > > > > > On 19 Jan 2005, at 14:18, David Nelson wrote: > > > >> Unfortunately, adding these commands below did not help. I still see > >> a waterfall of multi-colored pixels. > >> > >> I'm at a total loss on this. Redhat 8.0 installed just fine with the > >> current hardware configuration. > >> > >> Any other ideas? I really want to stay with Linux. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Dave > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tony Dietrich [mailto:td@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:14 AM > >> To: David Nelson > >> Subject: Re: Trouble booting fresh Core 3 install > >> > >> > >> On Tuesday 18 Jan 2005 14:55, you wrote: > >>> Thanks for replying Tony. The waterfall happens directly and almost > >>> immediately after the GRUB boot command. Within a minute or two, it > >>> freezes to a static multi-colored screen of gibberish. > >>> > >>> I have seen reference to 'quiet' and rhgb' but where would those > >>> go/where > >>> would I remove them? They are not on the command line args in GRUB > >>> as > >>> viewed by typing 'e'. > >>> > >> OK > >> Sounds like there's some incompatibility between the hardware and FC. > >> > >> Try adding one or more of the following to your command line when you > >> boot > >> from grub (by pressing 'e'): > >> noapic > >> noide > >> noapm > >> > >> If neither of those work, try booting into single mode 'single' > >> and seeing if you can get into the machine. > >> > >> Any successes/failures, come back to me with reports :p > >> > >> -- > >> Tony Dietrich > >> ------------- A Google search says that your pc is equipted with a 32MB nVidia Riva TNT 2 graphics adapter. Seach the list archives for booting problems with nVidia cards.
