From: et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing Linux porblems. Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:28:04 +0000
On Tuesday 30 December 2003 02:37 am, Russ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to load Linux on a HP Pavilion which has 12 GB of
> disk space and 288 meg of memory running at 400 mhz.
>
> In the process of installation it just stops loading. If I restart
> install by just erasing disk and starting over it stops sooner then before.
>
> The last time I did a custom disk partitioning, cleared all, then had
> system auto allocate. That time it stopped at the point that it stopped
> the first time.
>
> The auto allocate is allocating 5.8 GB to hda1 and 4.8 GB to hda6
>
> Does anyone know what I can do to correct this problem?
>
> Russ
need more info
what video card? is it "onboard" with shared memory?
when it freezes can you do an [alt+ctrl+f3] and [alt+ctrl+f4] and see if there
are error messages?
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