Re: amd64 on HP zv6130us notebook
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 01:57:52PM -0800, Dave Jacobs wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with installing debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso on an HP zv6130us notebook?
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> I just bought one, and on booting from the Debian netinst CD, I get the splash screen, hit <ENTER> to boot, and the usual boot messages scroll by for about 1-2 seconds, then suddenly the screen goes completely black and the machine hangs until forcibly rebooted (power button). Unfortunately, I can't see what the last message logged is, as it's on screen for only a brief moment.
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> In the absence of info on this configuration, if anyone could recommend how to see the console messages which are being cleared away, I'd at least have a way to proceed with debugging this.
Try disabling the framebuffer. There is info on how in the help screens
of the boot menu. If that doesn't work try the forced method that I had
to use with woody on many thinkpads which was add video=vga16:off to the
boot command.
Len Sorensen
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