--- P Marvin Eberly <eberlyml at wjtl.net> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 12:18 -0500, Chris Mauritz wrote: > > mrrs wrote: > > > Has anyone managed to install CentOS 4.2 on an HP dv5000 64 bit laptop? > > > > > > I boot from the install cd, and all of the options I have tried ( return, linux text, linux > > > noprobe, linux lowres ) have had the same result: some text scrolls by really fast ( looks > like > > > the start of the install), then the screen goes blank with no activity of any kind. > > > > > > The processor is the turion 64, and it has ATI video. The odd thing is, I was actually able > to > > > boot knoppix 4.0 to repartition it for dual boot > > > > > > any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > I have a Compaq v2000z with a Turion ML-37 processor and had no trouble > with the install of CentOS 4.2 but I guess lacked the proper drivers to > enable dma. I also have the ATI Express 200m, but experienced nothing > like you are describing. I ended up putting FC4 on it and have it > working pretty well. > > > > > What video driver are you using? I am noticing the same thing about dma on the drive - it is painfully slow... thanks markus __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com