Laptop hangs

Forum: HD Install
Topic: Laptop hangs
started by: Teknokid

Posted by Teknokid on Aug. 12 2005,17:32

Want to put dsl on my laptop permanently...
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When I put the disc in it frezes at boot. Right after it lists processor speed. I've tried most boot options, including failsafe and normal vga. Any ideas?

I'm fairly new to Linux but would like to make this my permaent OS for this PC. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thx

Posted by bikerraton on Aug. 12 2005,17:41

I had the same problem after soft reboot on my Armada 1592DT, but the problem disappeared on cold boot from a completely turned off system.

Posted by newOldUser on Aug. 12 2005,23:13

Boot the laptop with the CD in it.

At the DSL boot screen, where you would normally type DSL. Hit the F2 key. This will list a lot of the boot options. A good one to try if you're locking up right after the processor message is NOPCMCIA.

So you would enter: DSL NOPCMCIA

Try that and see what happens. If that doesn't work try some of the other "NO" options. You can add them all one right after the other. Once you get it booting then you can start removing them till you find the one that you really need.

Good luck

Posted by Texican on Aug. 13 2005,16:59

The one I found to work the best for me was the "noapci" option. That, and figuring out what a "framebuffer" was.....:p

Posted by Teknokid on Aug. 13 2005,21:17

All very good tips. Unfortunatly none work. Seems to detect hardware fine, but then locks right when it lists processor. This is an AMD - are there any possible compatability issues? Could I have downloaded the wrong version? Are there any other kernels I could try?