g'day walt, booting from alt2 works: the kernel loads. there are a couple of warning messages during install that i should be using a 2.4 kernel, rather than 2.2. Have you had any problems with this?
walt wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 16:21, Simon Hosking wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 2430 laptop > > (P4 2.4, 256MB, NVidia 4GO 420). > > Using the install guidelines, I've tried to install booting from CD and > > boot floppy (using cdrom.img). In each case, the graphical installation > > screen gives the option of pressing enter for a graphical install, or > > other options such as text install, expert etc. However, no matter which > > of these I use, the install hangs almost immediately after pressing > > ENTER. > > In text mode, the screen output is: > > > > Loading alt0... > > Loading alt0/all.rgz... > > Ready... > > Uncompressing Linux ... OK, booting the Kernel. > > > > Here is where the system hangs (no screen output or CPU activity) and i > > end up having to shut down. > > > > Has anyone else had this problem or know of a fix. Could be a SETUP BIOS > > problem? > > > > thanks, > > Simon > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > try an alternate kernel...when you boot to the CD, hit F2 instead of enter and type >alt2 or which ever kernel you want to use..I have to use alt2 for my system > > Walt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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