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black screen on my first linux installation - please HELP
Hello,
i hope anybody can help me out there in the big wide linux world.
This is my first installation - i really have enough from Win -
I tried to install RH 9 and RH 8 on my IPC Starnote Laptop and i allways get the same error - it appears like this:
After i start from the first CD - iŽll come to the screen to select graphik or text mode - no matter what i choose - i allways get a screen full with colors and THEN NOTHING => black screen - the CD stoped and thats it - can anybody help me with this PLEASE
Thank you
Harry from Cyprus
Last edited by harry.stuck; 06-13-2003 at 04:34 PM.
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Assuming you mean at the beginning of the install stage...
Make sure Plug 'n Play BIOS features are turned off.
Did you checksum your iso and burned cd if you downloaded the cd images?
If your installing and it tries to start the graphical install, have you tried installing using the text install? When booting to the cd and it comes to the boot: option, type text and then <enter> and see if it starts the installation then. Your video most likely isn't supported or detected by the installer.
Originally posted by trickykid If your installing and it tries to start the graphical install, have you tried installing using the text install? When booting to the cd and it comes to the boot: option, type text and then <enter> and see if it starts the installation then. Your video most likely isn't supported or detected by the installer.
Ok in his post he said
Quote:
Žll come to the screen to select graphik or text mode - no matter what i choose -
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