On Thursday 29 November 2007, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Thursday 29 November 2007, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >>Gene Heskett writes: >>> HP-dv5120us, amd turion 64 bit cpu, gig of ram, 100 GB drive. >>> It gets to the bit about skipping the media test (it already passed that >>> several times previously on this dvd) >>> >>> then I get a blue screen with the prompts across the bottom, and a >>> >>> "Welcome to Fedora for 386" >>> >>> across the top, and it sits there. And it does this regardless of the >>> mode I choose to do the install/upgrade. >>> >>> Whats Next? >> >>Well, try booting with "nohz=off noapic". That worked for me on one cranky >>laptop. > >Must have been the magic twanger,, it ran anaconda and now says [...] >off. Looks like the starter pistol must have fired, I'll be back if any > more gotcha's show up. I guess they did, it has been stuck, with the HD led on, but no dvd activity, at 99% in the dependency check since about 7 hours ago. The machine is relatively cool, so its not working very hard. No response to the tab, alt+tab, space, or F12 keys. What is next folks? Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You're all clear now, kid. Now blow this thing so we can all go home. -- Han Solo
