Hi,

I’m having a bit of a problem installing any version of Linux on my PC. I have tried installing CentOS, Fedora, Redhat; they all freeze at the same point. Just as the packages are being installed, after setting up all the configuration: keyboard, Language. The install exits.

I have tried installing via VMware(VMware Server), still the same problem.

I have tried installing via SATA & IDE.

I have tried installing via ISO and CD (CDs’ are fine, been used before)

I'm staring to think that I haven’t got the right drivers installed for Linux on my motherboard. But I’m not too sure how to check and solve the problem

I would appreciate it if someone could get back to me.


Kind Regards

Rich

Do you find it possible to run LiveCDs like Knoppix?

Yeah im able to run liveCDs ive used CentOS and Fc6

At that point in the installation, the X-windows system is usually started and the "graphical" interface accessed. When it fails there, it's probably because the video driver is incorrect.

When I was installing FC6, I "bombed" there, because Fedora has no ATI drivers (nor any other proprietary drivers), and my screen size was non-standard. I used the "linux text" install option to do the installation in "text" mode, set up the YUM repositories to access livna and installed the "missing" video driver. Then, when I rebooted, all was well. (Except that the installer used the 586 kernel version instead of the 686 version, but that's another story.)