On Friday 03 September 2004 09:07 pm, Fred M.Sloniker wrote:

I recently bought a newer, go-faster-stripier computer, which I specifically requested have the hard drive partitioned into two pieces so I could easily install Linux. (One side for business, one side for pleasure.) However, attempting to actually install Linux on it has, so far, been a failure. It doesn't seem to get very far before it just freezes up-- right after checking the hard drives, I think. (I can copy down the last several lines of text before it freezes, if that'd be useful.) Even trying to start it in safe mode gets no love.

I don't really know what to check-- I'm no computer expert, just someone who appreciates Linux's stability and security-- so hand-holding would be appreciated. I can't get my hands on a copy of 9.1 right at the moment, so suggesting that won't really help. Please help! XP is much nicer than 98, but I'll feel safer with Linux...

Did you try the safe mode install? Some more information about your hardware might be of help... -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 09/03/04 21:24 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Is it still a bug if nobody notices?"

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 21:36:35 -0400, James Knott wrote:

Actually, you can download an ISO image, for the Personal version of 9.1.

Actually, I can't. Well, TECHNICALLY I can, have a burner and everything, but I'm on dialup. It'd take me a couple of weeks. Still, if I get desperate... On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:24:47 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:

Did you try the safe mode install?

Yes I did, as I mentioned in my first post. The install died at the same place. On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 03:23:02 +0200, Johan Nielsen wrote:

We need more info about your hardware. Size of drive, motherboard, IDE (ATA)/SATA and stuff like that.

All right. It's a Pentium IV, 3 GHz, with 512 megs of ram, on an ASUS P4P800S motherboard. It's got two hard drives, one 120 gigs, one 80 gigs, both IDE according to the Device Manager. It also has a combo CD/DVD burner; no floppy drive, though. It's got an nVidia GeForce FX 5200 video card and SoundMAX integrated digital audio. According to the Device Manager, I have an ACPI Multiprocessor PC and a Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC. I've got a Microsoft Natural keyboard and a Logitech mouse, for what it's worth, and an external modem by Actiontec. If there's anything else you want to know, tell me how to check it!

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:22:51 -0500, "Joe Morris (NTM)" wrote:

Fred M.Sloniker wrote:

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It also has a combo CD/DVD burner; no floppy drive, though.

I can remember some install problems related to combo drives. Try installing with the CDs instead of the DVD if this is the problem IIRC.

I am installing (trying to install) with the CDs; I don't have the DVD. (I could get it, though, if you think that's the problem.) Anybody else want to take a crack at this problem?