[CentOS] laptop install centos 5

[FordPrefect]

Hello,
I've heard of some powermanagement/acpi issues with those laptops under 
linux and available pci interrupts.  Maybe try disabling 
powermanagement/acpi and see what happens?  Not a definite answer, but 
something one of my friends had run into at one time with that 
particular laptop model.  Maybe also check for a bios update.

Try booting and running "tail -f /var/log/messages" and see if anything 
sticks out when it locks up.

-Frd

Jerry Geis wrote:
> Hi all,
> I was just installing centos 5 on my new dv9000 hp laptop.
> Installed fine. on first boot, I got through welcome, firewall, selinux
> was on date time screen and did Forward to goto next screen (Create User)
> and the machines locks up. can ping any more or anything....
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Jerry
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