boot problem

[dbrandy]

I have the same problem, Presario 2100, AMD. Even at "knoppix 2" I get nothing, blinks to next screen, blinks once when loading and stalls, no activity. vga=normal brings up "uncompressing Linux", then stalls, no activity. No combination of fb or xvrefresh=60, nousb nopcmcia etc seems to work. No "expert", no "knoppix26"/"expert26".

Funny, I know this worked on 2.4? then I had to add the screen=1280x1024 code in 3.2, (and the power settings if I remember) now I have nothing. Has this been removed?

Screen is capable of 1400x1050. Why can't it be driven at lower settings? What's it thinking?

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[dbrandy]

Alright, tried Knoppix -b, failsafe, expert, memtest, every listed "no-", plugging in monitor to laptop, all fb#x# combos, xvrefresh, xvsync, and many combinations. Always same error.

If I get a text screen, CD spins then stops on "Uncompressing Linux" Is it true the new Knoppix hates the AMD m/b this much?

Without additional info, I'll need an expert. ...?

BTW, Mandrake 10.0 installs on this fine, although I liked the smaller footprint of Knoppix better. Anyone have suggestions, or am I back to Knoppix 3.2 with "screen=" + nopcmcia, noapm noapic codes?

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