USB booting problem...Forum: USB booting Topic: USB booting problem... started by: dyodyo Posted by dyodyo on Mar. 28 2006,01:33
Quite frankly, this is the first stab at linux ,Ive unzipped DSL to a USB pendrive.. done also syslinux... the pendrive boots ok on an P4 LGA775 3Ghz on ASUS P5P800s machine But it hangs during bootup on a AMD Sempron 2800+ on ECS K8M800-M2 (bios v.2) machine... I tried to use the failsafe option, vga, minimal detect etc.. but still no luck... Booted WinXp on same machine (Sempron) and tried to run DSL embedded... it hanged on first try with a memory read error, tried 2nd time (no options changed) and booted ok... On both machines (P4 / AMD Sempron), DSL detects it as Pentium II (Klamath), is this ok? Are there any compatibility issues here or something else? I appreciate any help... Posted by Bentu on Mar. 28 2006,04:04
You might try adding vga=normal to a line by itself in your lilo or grub text file, opening X is where I run into the most trouble. Once you get to the desktop, you should have it made (if this is the problem). You can then use xvesa setup from the menu or xsetup.sh on a command line to change your display.
Posted by dyodyo on Mar. 28 2006,04:32
yup .. already did that...used the lowest disp resolution... everything still no luck... Posted by doobit on Mar. 28 2006,13:31
It's probably a hardware issue. In the bootline, after dsl, put noacpi noamp apm=offBut if it hangs with WinXP too, then you may have a memory stick problem. Posted by dyodyo on Mar. 30 2006,22:22
thanks for the reply...well, i dont tink the problem is wid the memory... ive already torture tested it with memtest for about 12hrs straight without any problems.. also burned it with prime95, sandra, everest etc... well ive installed fedora core and it worked fine, also gonna test ubuntu to see what would be the best... thanks everyone... Posted by oznozz on Dec. 11 2006,20:27
I had a problem today with a K8M800-M2 board. It also has an AMD 2800+. I tried booting DSL3.1, DSL2.4 and a customized DSL3.1 from the DVDROM with no luck. The failsafe mode did work. Likewise, Fedora flawlessly installed on the machine. Perhaps it is a 2.4 kernel compatability issue with these boards? I haven't tried the "apm=off" trick yet.
Posted by arios01 on Dec. 24 2006,07:35
I am having similar problems on a EPIA V board. Boot process gets upto detaecting USB devices then simply shutsdown (crash). Does anyone have this working on the EPIA v board? any hints on how-to get this done?Thanks Tony |