Install - Dell D830 GOOBER!!

[robert.forster]

Dell Latitude D830
chip T7700
2.4Ghz
4GB DDR2-667
160GB 7200 RPM HD
256 MVIDIA Quadro video card

Tried Fedora 8 for starters - LONG PAUSE when hits /sbin/loader
goes all the way to end of the install where it loads the boot stuff and gives error
"No kernel packages were installed on your system. Your boot loader configuration will not be changed"
UMMM there isnt a configuration if this is your first install

NEXT: Tried Fedora 9 Beta
The issue with the long pause in the beginning of the install is gone but during the install somewhere during the file transfer and installation it shuts off (poor attention span when looking for the exact file/package). Tried several times with same exact results.

NEXT: Tried CentOS
same as Fedora 8

these were the BIOS options, some were configurable some were not.

Latitude D830 – BIOS version A10 (02/28/2008)

System 
	System Info
	Processor Info
	Memory Info
	Device Info
	Battery info
	Battery Health
	Date/Time
	Boot Sequence
Onboard devices
	Intergrated NIC
	Internal Modem
	External USB ports
	Parallel Port
	Serial Port
	PC Card and 1394
	SATA Operation
	Module Bay Device
	Flash Cache Module
	ASF Mode
	Microphone
Video
	Ambient Light Sensor
	Brightness
	Brightness (AC)
	Primary Video
Security
	Admin Password
	System Password
	Internal HDD PW
	Password Change
	Password Bypass
	Wireless Switch Change
	Wi-Fi Catcher Change
	CPU XD Support
	TPM Security
	TPM Activation
	Computrace ®
Performance
	Multi Core Support
	Dynamic Acceleration
	HDD Acoustic Mode
	SpeedStep ENable
Power Management
	Auto On Mode
	Auto On Time
	USB Wake Support
	Wake on LAN/WLAN
Maintenance
	Load Defaults
	Service Tag
Docking
	Dock Device Info
	Undocking Method
	PCI Slot Monitoring
	Universal Connect
POST Behavior
	Adapter Warnings
	Fn Key Emulation
	Fast Boot
	Virtualization
	Keypad (Embedded)
	Mouse/Touchpad
Numlock LED
	USB Emulation
Wireless
	Internal Bluetooth
	Internal Wi-Fi
	Internal Cellular
	Wireless Switch
	Wi-Fi Catcher

Did some googeling and found:
once you boot off the CD you hit the escape command which brings you to the command prompt and enter

 linux acpi=off apm=off

which helps solve the issue with the /sbin/loader long pause

during the install process you hit with the Grub configuration you have two options
1. MBR
2. First Sector

you will want to install it on the First Sector

Now have not done any playing the laptop to see if there were any other issues BUT at least for starters I got it through the initial install.

[stoat]

Hello robert.forster,

The people in these threads will be interested in how you fixed the "No kernels" thing...

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=187239
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=182232

You had several problems besides that one, and you mentioned several solutions. I'm not sure what fixed that kernel business.

[robert.forster]

What I did is :
hit "escape" key from the boot screen of the DVD
entered command "linux acpi=off apm=off"
and installed in the "first sector" of sda1

that so far worked.
I will get more feedback from the user of the laptop if there are any issues like my soundcard doesnt work or wireless doesnt work