On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 14:42 +1000, Scott N. Blackman wrote: > akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 12:39:30PM +1000, Scott N. Blackman wrote: > >>I am attempting to install FC4 on a new machine which just has WindowsXP > >>on it (I want to dual boot). However, I don't get very far at all. The > >>DVD disk boots up and gives the usual questions, but no FC. At which I > >>hit enter for graphical installation. It loads the one file and then > >>initrd.img............. and then it reboots. I tried "linux noprobe" and > >>"linux text" but with the exact same results. The disks are good as they > >>have been used on different machines. When I use "linux garbage" first, > >>then "linux" or "linux text". I get a bit further then > >> > >>IRQ11: nobody cared ... > >> > >>My configuration: > >>ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe > >>2GB DDRII 533 > >>Intel P4-531 3.0GHz PRESCOTT9(LGA775) processor > >>2 x 200GB (JB) WD S-ATA Hard drive > >>ATI Radeon X700 pro pci-express video > >>19" LG 1950SSN LCD monitor > >>LG GSA-4163B DVD+/-/RAM DUAL LAYER slave > >>PIONEER DVR-110 DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER master > >> > >>Any ideas? > >I have only one idea and it may not be correct. When putting Linux on > >a machine with a SATA drive I found I had to change the SATA drive > >configuration in the BIOS. I can't remember which option I chose but > >it would be easy to try a different option for SATA (my BIOS had > >three) and see what happens. > > > > > The system ether has same problem or will not boot at all. Depending > BIOS settings > > Scott > Greetings, When the initial installation boot screen comes up, try entering some gibberish then hit enter: 'foo <enter>' Then hit enter again to boot normally. If that doesn't work, reboot and try the gibberish line again, and enter 'linux pci=nosort' the second time. I have a similar system that will only boot into Linux with the 'pci=nosort' line. If this works, you may want to add this to your grub.conf file. Aloha, -- Chris Stark Musician, Linux User, & Grad Student http://chrisstark.com/
