Hello, Try to install centos with minimum of everything (text mode no hardware detection), if it doesn't help trace logs. Last entry in logs before will hangup is most important. Then look on google for solution of that particular problem. Paul -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mace Eliason Sent: 25 September 2006 15:54 To: 'Centos Mailing list' Subject: [CentOS] Problem installing Centos on laptop Hi, I have been trying to install Centos 4.4 on my laptop with no success. I have just purchased a new Acer 5100 laptop with AMD Turion 64x2 1Gig ram 120Gig HD. I have tried the 64bit and the 32 bit versions but have the same problem with both of them. I can do the complete install but when the computer reboot it will hang on the hardware detection on the network right after where it says Centos 4.4 final. I have let it sit for about 20min and it won't pass that point. I have also tried Fedora code 5 with the same results. Ubuntu 6.06.1 64 bit installs and works fine but will lock up randomly and requires a hard reboot. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. Thanks Scandog This e-mail and all attachments have been scanned by the HighSpeed Office virus scanning service powered by MessageLabs and no known viruses were detected. This electronic message transmission contains information from Fish4 Trading Limited and/or other Fish4 affiliated companies (specifically Fish4Homes Ltd, Fish4Cars Ltd, Fish4Jobs Ltd and Fish4 Ltd) that may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended solely for the recipient and use by any other party is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this electronic message transmission is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message transmission in error, please notify Fish4 immediately by telephone (0208 600 7000) or by electronic mail (administrator at fish4.co.uk). Thank you. This e-mail and all attachments have been scanned by the HighSpeed Office virus scanning service powered by MessageLabs and no known viruses were detected. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060925/933f053e/attachment-0002.html>
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 at 7:54am, Mace Eliason wrote> I have been trying to install Centos 4.4 on my laptop with no success. I > have just purchased a new Acer 5100 laptop with AMD Turion 64x2 > 1Gig ram 120Gig HD.The exact specs would be helpful -- there are multiple Acer models with a similar model number. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
On 25/09/06, Mace Eliason <meliason at shaw.ca> wrote:> > Hi, > > I have been trying to install Centos 4.4 on my laptop with no success. I > have just purchased a new Acer 5100 laptop with AMD Turion 64x2 > 1Gig ram 120Gig HD. > > I have tried the 64bit and the 32 bit versions but have the same problem > with both of them. I can do the complete install but when the computer > reboot it will hang on the hardware detection on the network right after > where it says Centos 4.4 final. I have let it sit for about 20min and it > won't pass that point. > > I have also tried Fedora code 5 with the same results. Ubuntu 6.06.1 64 bit > installs and works fine but will lock up randomly and requires a hard > reboot. > > If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them.Will it boot single user mode? At the grub prompt hit a key, hit 'e' to go into edit on the kernel line and append 'single'. Try the non-SMP kernel if it's defaulted to SMP. Try various boot options, noapic seems to help a few people, see if any of them give you any joy... http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/ap-bootopts.html Will.
Hi, I have been trying to install Centos 4.4 on my laptop with no success. I have just purchased a new Acer 5100 laptop with AMD Turion 64x2 1Gig ram 120Gig HD. I have tried the 64bit and the 32 bit versions but have the same problem with both of them. I can do the complete install but when the computer reboot it will hang on the hardware detection on the network right after where it says Centos 4.4 final. I have let it sit for about 20min and it won't pass that point. I have also tried Fedora code 5 with the same results. Ubuntu 6.06.1 64 bit installs and works fine but will lock up randomly and requires a hard reboot. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. Thanks Scandog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060925/0aee0876/attachment-0002.html>