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Posted: Feb. 08 2005,17:29 QUOTE
I can't boot DSL Linux. it freezes at

uncompressing linux... ok, booting the kernel.

part, which i have tried every options available - if i used vga=normal i got this message, otherwise i will get a blank screen without any prompt.

System: P3 1G/SiS630
Memory: 128MB (working. checked with memtest86)
CPU and motherboard not overheating...
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Posted: Feb. 09 2005,06:07 QUOTE
well im no einstien but ive had several problems like that with other distros as well..

Perhaps the image burnt to the disk is corupt, or even the disk itself is somewhat ruined.

This is assuming your using a cd.

Try redownloadind DSL and buring it again at a slower speed. (mandrake usually recomends a speed of 2-4x but thats to slow for me..:))

hope this helps
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Posted: Feb. 09 2005,07:45 QUOTE
Quote (anime2k3 @ Feb. 09 2005,01:07)
well im no einstien but ive had several problems like that with other distros as well..

Perhaps the image burnt to the disk is corupt, or even the disk itself is somewhat ruined.

This is assuming your using a cd.

Try redownloadind DSL and buring it again at a slower speed. (mandrake usually recomends a speed of 2-4x but thats to slow for me..:))

hope this helps

i've done md5 checksumming and have successfully booted on another machine - yet it fails to boot on the aforementioned machine...

thanks for your answers anyway :)
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Posted: Feb. 09 2005,14:03 QUOTE
okay, im not a guru at this as you can tell; but ive had that motherboard and im asuming 2 things.

1: The computer your using is a low budget computer probably a sony or wintergreen.
2: Most of the hardware is integrated onto the motherboard.

Ive always had problems with that motherboard with linux :(
The problem could be the integrated VGA on the motherboard thats giving you problems.

Ive installed redhat 9 on a machine like that and never got the display to work, other distro installs were a pain as well.

Sometimes ive had problems booting from cds as well.

hope this in somewhat helpful :)
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Posted: Feb. 10 2005,03:53 QUOTE
Try booting with:

dsl vga=normal mem=128M

where the "M" at the end is an uppercase letter M
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