On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 15:39 -0600, Ed Burgstaler wrote: > I have a brand new ASUS MB model M2N-MX which is giving me issues when > installing Centos 4.4 64 bit > I initially had problems with finding the SATA drives but I resolved > that issue by simply selecting the NVIDIA SATA (sata_nv)driver from > the list of drivers during the initial install. > The install seemed to go fine after that as the installer uses the > Generic VESA video driver during the install, however, upon the > restart after the install, the server then completely locks up. I can > only assume it is at the point of loading the video driver although I > really don't know what CentOS loads after the "acivating local > loopback" section, because that is where it freezes on the screen. > > I'm thinking that the install to the SATA drive went well since it > boots from the drive though it doesn't exactly boot completely. > > I have tried reinstalling several times already with the same negative > results. > > Would appreciate any help that someone could offer in getting this > working with this new MB. > <snip> Try initially loading in run level 3 (NON-X mode) at blue grub screen, press enter, then select a kernel and press "A" add a "3" to start in CLI mode ... then you can troubleshoot the video errors -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070207/34347ffc/attachment-0005.sig>