The problem with it hanging during the install process on the 2.6 kernel is most likely a display error given by the radeon graphics chipset. Your best chance is to redo your install using: linux26 vga=771 Try that first. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-26 13:51:58 +0200]:
> well, I didn't apply any option during the installation apart the italian > language and keyboard, simply because I am > quite a newbie about linux so I do not know what is the best thing to do. I > also tried to install with the new kernel (linux26 command) but the system > refused to go further (it simply stopped and no key was able to "move" it), > so I installed the regular (2.4) kernel. The disk has > a Windows NTFS partition (first primary partition), a second primary > partition ext3 for "/" and a fifth logical for "swap". > The bootloader (GRUB) was installed (seemingly) regularly. I can still > choose (and run) Windows XP. > > the lines of GRUB for starting linux are the following: > > root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 > savedefault > boot > > best regards, > Giancarlo > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:47 AM > Subject: Re: problem with rebooting > > -- Regards, Dave
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