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Try adding noacpi to the boot options by entering the grub options at boot time 2008/10/6 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi all, > > I have now managed to get BackTrack 3 Final installed to the harddrive > of my laptop. It works very nicely bar one thing... it won't boot > nicely. > > Now, when I say "nicely", what I mean is this. It will start to boot > (I presume) but the screen stays blank. Should I provide the machine > with an ACPI event (power button, power cord removal/insertion, etc) > then the screen comes on and it starts/continues to boot properly... > until, that is, it reaches the "fd0 is 1.44mb" stage. When it gets to > that part, if the power cord is not present, it freezes. > > I've tried various kernel options but nothing seems to make any > difference. > > Anyone got any thoughts? > Grant. > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/S d- s+:+ a+ C+++ U+++ P L++ E W++ N+ K- w--$ O— M- V— L++++>$ PS+++ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5+++ X- R+ tv- b DI++ D++ G e* h+ r++ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html