Re: [debian-knoppix] Help PLEAS, laptop powers down while installing

["Stephen Samuel (leave the email alone)" <samnospam@bcgreen.com>]

Two other things that I can think of after that:

1) check the BIOS settings see if you can turn off acpi/apm there.
2) try booting with noacpi     (I THINK that works.. no time to check)

Achim Unger wrote:

> Hallo,
>
> have you made sure the CD is OK? Use "knoppix testcd" to check the
> md5sums of the files on CD!

> > I'm trying to use the 3.7 CD (2 different copies) to do an install on
> > a Compaq N410c. 
> >
> > The install starts OK, but at about 78% of files copied, the machine
> > powers down!. I've corrupted my already working Debian install by
> > doing this, and need to get something working!
> >
> > I even tried the noacpi boot time option.
> >
> > Has anyone seen anything like this? It's reliable, it's happened about
> > 5 times in a row, Yes the machine has the power cord plunged in :-)


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