On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 10:01:38AM +0800, qgong wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I failed to install Linux on a new PC by Debian installation CD. > The booting process stalled after I pressed "Enter" at the first Debian > prompt. The system stalled, displaying "Loading" below the prompt line. I > have tried a few other Linux live CDs, including Ubuntu live CD and > Linux-BBC. All stopped at the same "loading" stage. However, M$ winxp CD > works without any problem. So the reason is from the boot method of these > live Linux CDs. I guess the first stage, loading boot sector, is fine, > since the Debian/Ubuntu logo is displayed properly, as well as the simple > prompt and help menu. The second stage, likely loading the Linux kernel > stuff, has problem. The machine could not continue to read and load the > kernel stuff and stalled. > > Your suggestion or opinions on this problem are welcome. Thanks a lot in > advance. Hi Qian Gong You probably need to use some kernel options when you boot. Press F1 through F8 to see some of them. I think maybe you need 'vga=771 nolapic noapic' (just a guess). But if you give us more information about the hardware(computer maker, motherboard, video card, version of Debian, kernel version), we can better determine the problem. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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