help!! i cant bootForum: User Feedback Topic: help!! i cant boot started by: loscar141 Posted by loscar141 on July 30 2005,22:21
hello im new to linux all together. i made a boot cd and tested it on a old pc and it works great, but when i try to boot it on my new pc everything seem fine untill it starts to uncompress or whatever it does and then the screen just goes blank and nothing happens i have a hp pavilion intel celeron 2.93 megaherts 512 mb ram and nvidia geforce mx 4000. any help would be great Posted by cbagger01 on July 30 2005,22:49
Try this boot command:fb800x600 NOT dsl fb800x600 Then choose the "xfbdev" server if prompted. Posted by loscar141 on July 31 2005,07:39
thank but its wasnt the problem i should of check the other topics first. i put in "dsl acpi=off" and it worked
Posted by davey on Aug. 17 2005,18:18
I can't boot either, but I think it's a problem with the CD burn. I'll download it and burn again, but I got to wondering: what's the difference between the dsl.iso and dslsyslinux.iso? (And yup, I did search the forums and found nothing).I guess what I'm wondering is, is the syslinux one an alternative, or some kind of addon? Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 18 2005,13:33
It's there in the search...you may need to search farther back than the default, and use "AND" if you're seaching for multiple words.< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....76;st=4 > Posted by Hapflu on Aug. 22 2005,15:54
Hi,I cant boot either. I always get only a black screen after the question to color-depth. I tried the two previously mentioned boot-commands with no success. I have tried DSL 0.9.0.1 and DSL 1.4 with no success. I have an ATI-Rage grafics-card. Is there an incompatibility ? So far I could boot every KNOPPIX from 3.3 to 3.9. Why not DSL ? kind thanks for a reply and regards Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 22 2005,17:18
Rage should work fine.Does this work? dsl vga=normal and the chooce Xvesa server and choose 800 x 600 x 16 bit Posted by Hapflu on Aug. 24 2005,15:45
Unfortunately, this does not work either. After selecting the keymap, only a black screen follows with the USB-Stick blinking normally."failsafe" produces the same result. thank You and kind regards Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 24 2005,16:37
Hmm..How about: dsl vga=769 xsetup and then choose the xfbdev server when prompted? Posted by Hapflu on Aug. 25 2005,14:49
Success !The last recommendation produced at least "getting started" in dark blue letters on black background, but no living desktop. The success came with dsl vga=791 xsetup and xfbdev server. many thanks for the help. now Ican get started with DSL. |