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Posted: June 07 2004,06:21 QUOTE
Hi all! This is my first post, just for the record...

I've dsl 0.7.1, AMD K7 1200, 256 ram, 3Dprophet card.

I've been using dsl through VMware virtual station, no problem at all, in fact flawless.

When I've tried booting the computer with dsl, however, things are not so perfect

First of all, I'm welcomed by a blue screen with a prompt, instead of the nice dsl with penguin and cd-r graphic welcoming me when using dsl through vmware.

After that, whatever option I try to use is no help. The screen changes to black with a little penguin top-left, and after that it just goes blank forever. I've tried normal boot, vga=normal, and vga=0 to vga=6, nothing helps.

I've browsed the forums and found no solution to my problem.
Can anybody help me?

Thanks!
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Posted: June 07 2004,13:40 QUOTE
Kinda similar problem here, my new XP2400 / Albatron KX18D ProII system takes an inordinately long time to boot - it  hangs on tux and the blinking cursor for ages, before proceeding as usual.  Tried both 0.6.3 and 0.7.0
Once loaded, though, it flies!  :p

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Posted: June 07 2004,13:44 QUOTE
Hehe, now there's a slogan for DSL - "Who said penguins can't fly!?"  :p
Maybe I should copyright that...

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stalakosa
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Posted: June 07 2004,18:16 QUOTE
Well, in my case, the blinking cursor's not the problem... My screen goes completely blank, in fact it goes to standby mode, just as if it was receiving no signal...

Strange, cause other distros work well. I'll try waiting for some time (let's say 5 to 10 minutes) and see if something happens.
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Posted: June 13 2004,23:49 QUOTE
I would have said it could be an incompatibility with the AMD processor? I have an old AMD K6 2 475MHz that is running DSL, it took about 3 minutes to boot, I had the Blue Screen, I chose "normal boot" and From there it took about 3 minutes Tux just sitting there on his ass before stuff started moving. My P2 200MHz and my P4 2GHz both boot smoothly.
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