Cant boot some linux installers,

vtecturbo13 · 03-08-2005, 10:07 AM

i have a compaq presario sr1110nx, and i cant boot the installers to some linux distros, i can boot suse in safe mode, i can boot redhat but not any of the fedora cores, i cant boot mandrake installer, i am positive that all the cds are booting because they all first display their screens saying what distro they are, but as soon as i start teh install the comp like crashes and reboots, i think it might be my bios, any ideas?

Engmar · 03-09-2005, 04:51 AM

I've read of a couple of install attempts on this desktop (with mixed results.) When at the first prompt of the install try typing "linux acpi=off" I don't own this particular desktop, but if you have more install problems post them here and we can try to help.

vtecturbo13 · 03-11-2005, 06:26 AM

last night installed suse, and i noticed when i run the normal installation, it crashes and reboots right when the installation is supposed to start, but when i run it safe mode it works fine, i think that option u mentioned is in the safemode setup

vtecturbo13 · 03-12-2005, 09:24 AM

i tryed installing with the option u mentioned , and it worked, i installed mandrake 10.1 fine, im having some mouse probs in it wehre everytime i start teh comp i have to reconfig ps2 mouse, cus when i shutdown i run halt, i cant find the shutdown button newhere, :\ im gunna install fc3 right now