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Yep, tried that... noacpi makes it completely fail to boot at all. On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:45:03 +0100, "Steph Foster" <steph.p.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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