On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 15:39 +0100, Pete Bradbury wrote: > I have as follows: > > Motherboard: > CPU Type AMD Athlon 64 > FX-51, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) > Motherboard Name Asus SK8N (5 > PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM, Audio, LAN, IEEE-1394) > Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce3 > Pro 150, AMD Hammer > System Memory 1024 MB > (Registered DDR SDRAM) > BIOS Type Asus AMI > (03/29/04) > Communication Port Communications > Port (COM1) > Communication Port Communications > Port (COM2) > Communication Port Printer Port > (LPT1) > > Display: > Video Adapter RADEON X800 XT > Platinum Edition Secondary (256 MB) > Video Adapter RADEON X800 XT > Platinum Edition (256 MB) > Monitor ViewSonic > VP211b [21" LCD] (A22033700057) > Monitor ViewSonic > VP211b [21" LCD] (A22033700057) > > Multimedia: > Audio Adapter Creative > EMU10K2 Audigy Audio Processor > > Storage: > IDE Controller NVIDIA CK8 IDE > Controller > SCSI/RAID Controller VOB > InstantDrive Controller > SCSI/RAID Controller WinXP Promise > SATA378 (tm) IDE Controller > Floppy Drive Floppy disk > drive > Disk Drive Maxtor 6 > Y120M0 SCSI Disk Device (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Serial-ATA/150) > Disk Drive Maxtor 6 > Y120M0 SCSI Disk Device (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Serial-ATA/150) > Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y080L0 > (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133) > Optical Drive SONY DVD RW > DW-U14A (DVD+RW:4x/4x, DVD-RW:4x/2x, DVD-ROM:8x, CD:24x/16x/32x DVD > +RW/DVD-RW) > Optical Drive VOBID > InstantDrive CD SCSI CdRom Device > SMART Hard Disks Status OK > > Partitions: > C: (NTFS) 117232 MB > (50362 MB free) > D: (NTFS) 117239 MB > (82982 MB free) > E: (FAT32) 22056 MB > (16804 MB free) > > Input: > Keyboard Standard > 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard > Mouse Microsoft PS/2 > Mouse > Game Controller Microsoft > PC-joystick driver > > Network: > Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce > MCP Networking Controller (192.168.0.2) > Modem CNXT V9x PCI > Modem > > Peripherals: > Printer Auto HP > DeskJet 840C/841C/842C/843C (Copy 1) on CYRIL > Printer Auto HP > DeskJet 840C/841C/842C/843C on CYRIL > Printer Family Tree > Maker Printer > Printer Microsoft > Office Document Image Writer > Printer Samsung > ML-4600 PCL6 > USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - > OHCI USB Controller > USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - > OHCI USB Controller > USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - > EHCI USB 2.0 Controller > USB Device Generic USB > Hub > USB Device Philips > Composite USB Device > USB Device Philips ToUcam > Pro Camera; Audio (Microphone) > USB Device Philips ToUcam > Pro Camera; Video > USB Device USB Human > Interface Device > Battery Belkin UPS > > This report doesn't show the linux partition on drive e which is I > think ext3 of about 50gig > > I've tried installing FC4 for 64 bit - but it sticks at /sbin/loader > so that Linux never really starts! > > I've attempted linux text but sticks at same place. > > I'm using a new ATi X800 card which is the only thing diffrent since > \i last used this kit with FC3 > > Is it the card or something else? Any solutions? > > HELP appreciated :-) > hey pete - i'll bet that if you unplug all usb connections that you will have no problems. i am neither able to install nor boot fc4 when there are any usb connections plugged in. john