Re: debian-live-7.2 doesn´t start
On Friday 10 January 2014 17:18:56 peter.gierschner wrote:
> Am 10.01.2014 14:20, schrieb Robin:
> > On 10 January 2014 10:22, peter.gierschner <xaccount@gmx.net>
wrote:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I am trying to start debian-live-7.2-i386-kde-desktop on my hp
> >> PC. But it dosn´t work, the boot process stops at "Enabling
> >> power management", and resetting is only possible by the mains
> >> switch. I tried both versions, normal and failsave.
> >>
> >> The PC is a hp/compaq d5330 with IntelP4 2,66GHz, Board by ASUS
> >> P4SD-LA with Chipset Intel ICH5/865G.
> >>
> >> The BIOS allows only one setting regarding the power mabagemen,
> >> "ACPI-Support S3", but there is no difference. W7 and XP are
> >> running normal.
> >>
> >> Hope somebody could help me, this is my first step towards
> >> Linux!
> >>
> >> peter
> >
> > When the menu screen (Live , Failsafe) comes up press e (to
> > edit) . Go to the end of the line and type acpi=off . At the
> > bottom of the screen it will tell you the command to use to boot
> > your PC, probably CTRL-X.
> > A suggestion, as you are just starting Linux, is to to have a
> > look at Linux Mint. http://www.linuxmint.com/index.php
>
> Thx for the hint, but that doesn´t fix the problem. When go into
> edit mode I can see that the parameter acpi=off is in "486
> failsave" already included, and in falsave mode it crashes, too.
>
> Meanwhile i tried other distributions:
>
> LinuxMint doesn´t install, freezes somewhere.
>
> I have an Gparted CD with somewhat Linux, this starts without a
> problem into the Linux-GUI.
A shot in the dark... How much memory have you got? It might be
worth trying DSL .
https://wiki.debian.org/DamnSmallLinux
Lisi
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