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29th May 2005, 10:06 AM
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FC3 Install Hangs
Hello! Great site and I hope to consult with the gurus here. I am new to Linux and have recently downloaded and burned the 4 ISO images. I have XPee taking up 25 GB's and 31 GB's are unallocated while the remaining 3 or 4 can't be touched.
I boot with the first cd and get to the boot prompt. After hitting enter along with other commands it runs through the list of whatever it's doing.. what is it doing, a diagnostic? At this point it goes to a black screen and proceeds to hang. Ive tried:
Linux skipddc
" noprobe
" resolution 1024x768
" acpi=off
and nothing seems to break the hang shortly after entering the commands..
Any suggestions?
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29th May 2005, 10:12 AM
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Is you acpi off in the BIOS? and why? according to your laptop specs everything should be fine.....
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29th May 2005, 10:40 AM
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Hi vp,
So the acpi should be on? Ive never touched it.. I only tried the linux command suggested by another Fedora site pertaining to hangs. Ill check the BIOS and see what it says... any reason why it's hanging? or why the acpi being off or on would cause it?
Thanks
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29th May 2005, 10:44 AM
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Try just pressing ENTER at the prompt.....you should NOT enter any commands unless you know what you are doing.
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29th May 2005, 11:00 AM
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Enter was the first option I tried.
I just now tried Ubuntu as well. They are BOTH hanging at exactly the same time and place, shortly after the boot prompt.. 
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Last edited by JujitsuFreak; 29th May 2005 at 11:03 AM.
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29th May 2005, 07:13 PM
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Can you describe your partition table? and at what speed are you burning the isos? I recommend 16x.
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29th May 2005, 09:18 PM
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thanks mvp,
partition table? not sure what you mean. I have 25 GB for XPee, and 31 unallocated and waiting for Linux, 4 is untouchable. I forget which speed it's at. I think they're at 8x.
On another forum a member suggested looking into the BIOS, which to my surprise is severely outdated. I won't be able to update til tomorrow after contacting the manufacturer because their site is messed up.
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