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On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:35:26 +0100 Steph Foster wrote: > 2008/10/7 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > 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. > > Interesting , whats the make & model of the lappy ? > > It's an HP G6092: 2 x 1.8ish AMD64 processors 2GB RAM 160GB SATA HDD DVD±RW nVidia 7000 series mobile gfx card Atheros 5007 series ABG WiFi card Triple booting Vista Home Premium, Ubuntu 8.04.1 & BackTrack 3 Final 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