Press any key (except enter) while it boots from the DVD. And choose text mode installation. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:38 AM, antonio.barragan <antonio.barragan@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear All > > I have a linux box which is as follows: > MSI K8T Neo-V Mainboard, 1 GB RAM > Athlon 3000 processor > Samsung 160 GB HDD SATA > Seagate 40 GB IDE HDD > Lite-On DVD RW unit SATA > PNY Verto Nvidia 6200 graphics card, 256 MB, Digital and analog output > Samsung SyncMaster 940 BW monitor (19 inch, WXGA mode) > The machine is configured to boot from the DVD unit. > > I have been trying to install Fedora 8, but so far, this is what happens: > > - The first menu (text) where you could choose text mode installation > goes so fast > there is no time to do anything > - The splash menu does not appear at all > - After quite a while (several minutes) the following messages appear: > \"loading vmlinuz\" and > \"loading initrd.img\" > - A sequence of messages appear next, but they go quite fast. The last > one is recognizing the VC > as a Nvidia NV44A (GeForce 6200) > - Then the anaconda seems to start. > - From there on, a white screen appears, as if the graphics installation > tried to start, but > there\'s only the white screen without any kind of icons or messages > and the system stays > like that forever (I waited for half an hour and nothing else happened!) > > - The monitor has 2 modes: Analog and Digital. I tried both with the > same result > > BTW, his happens the same with OpenSuse 10.3 > > I will greatly appreciate any help or hint with this > > Thanks in advance > Antonio Barragan > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- "Be the change you want to see in the world !" Mahatma Gandhi -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
