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Author:  bang [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:40 am ]
Post subject:  Another newbie installation question
Okay,
Using the newest release of Knoppmyth, I did the auto install and everything went fine. When it finished and told me to take the disc out and hit enter, I did that and when it rebooted, it just goes to a blank screen with a blinking cursor.

I have 2 video cards in my HP. An ATI All in Wonder 9000 and a Hauppauge WinTV.
I'm thinking these might have something to do with the problem. Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks.
Author:  cesman [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:03 pm ]
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Where do you get the this? Has Linux started to booted? If not, you may need to change your BIOS and have it boot from the hard drive.
Author:  bang [ Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:49 pm ]
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when I reboot linux does not load.. it goes into the blinking screen. I tried to change the boot order and booted from the hard drive and it still does the blinking cursor. I did a little more research and tried to do <ctr> <alt> <f2> and do fdisk to make sure the drive is bootable, but thats where I get lost.
Author:  artholden [ Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:02 am ]
Post subject:  Another newbie installation question
I had the same problem with the R5 :
re-boot = black screen, <CTL><ALT><F2> = nothing.
It's as if startx (fronend?) can't kick-off. Apparently, the backend is loaded per the messages. Very frustrating for someone new to Knoppmyth.
I tried re-booting w/ the iso and went into the Frontend, then <CTL><ALT><F2> and started the backend manually, back to fronend to get to the menu. VERY low wife acceptance factor with that approach.
Author:  tightface [ Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:02 pm ]
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I am currently having this problem also. I just did the auto-install and all was good, upon reboot, all I see is a blinking cursor on black screen. Not sure what to do from here. No keyboard response either...\

Any ideas what to do?
Author:  mjl [ Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:16 am ]
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Hi,

Hardware details please, ide or sata? Throw in some of the rest also.

Mike
Author:  hpladds [ Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Another newbie installation question
bang wrote:

I have 2 video cards in my HP. An ATI All in Wonder 9000 and a Hauppauge WinTV.


Are you sure that either of these cards work under linux? Perhaps you should try an install with just one -- then the other. This might help to islolate the problem.
Author:  mjl [ Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:38 pm ]
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Hi,

Not to be rude but you did not answer the question,
Quote:
Hardware details please, ide or sata? Throw in some of the rest also.


What you have told us is you have a car, did something to it, and it just sits there now.

The guys here need details to generate a mental image of what is going on.
Cpu, mem, chip set, bios settings, type of drive, is it set for master /primary. Are you trying something fancy like dual boot?

Thanks
Mike
Author:  fscked [ Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:49 am ]
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Just boot off the cd and when you get to the install menu select quit. You will be at a cmd prompt(well a shell anyways :)).

Next type the following:
su - (hit enter)

It will ask for the root password you set previously. Then type:

mount -o rw,dev /dev/hda1 (hit enter)
chroot /mnt/hda1 (hit enter)
vi /etv/lilo.conf (hit enter)

now you are presented with a text file in an editor. At the top of this file is going to be a line that says;
part blah blah blah

place the cursor under the "p" and type (without quotes) "i#"then a space.
Hit ESC and then (again without quotes) ":wq" hit enter again. Then type:

lilo -v (hit enter)

Next type:
reboot (hit enter)

reboot without the cd and all will be well. 8)
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