fattymcbluff Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 ok im trying to install suse and when i get to the screen with all the diffrent options how to intsall ie install, install-disable apic (i think) and install-safe, and i have tryed all of them and right after the kernal loads my screen go blank and nothing happens is there a way to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Yeah i had this happen a few time to me when I was trying to do this.. The only why that i found that worked.. was to reinstall.. I never knew why it was doing that.. does it have the like Ice themed lilo boot screen.. with little penguins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Yeah i had this happen a few time to me when I was trying to do this.. The only why that i found that worked.. was to reinstall.. I never knew why it was doing that.. same here swimmer, ive had that happen a few times, and can never figure out how to fix it. so i just endup reinstalling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 If i remember correctly there was an issue directly relating this issue to a ATI video card incompatibility. If you are using a video card by ATI this could be the issue if not ignore this as it's not your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted March 18, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 well i would reinstall if it was installed i'm trying to install it but like i said my screen goes black right after i load the kernal and yes i do have a ATI video card a x200 oh well could you name some more good distros right now im dling debian amd64 but could you name a some good ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I don't think you can go wrong with debian it's my current distro of choice. Also Gentoo, Slackware, and Fedora are awesome distros i have used alot, and recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted March 18, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 ya but should i get the amd64 or the i386 would i see better pefromance from it? and yes i have a amd64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 If you have an amd64 yes you will see the results from 64 bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted March 18, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 ok kool I have all ways used live cd's and my freind gave me the install disks to suse and i wasnted to install that but guess i cant so debian here i come oh and one more thing what file system does linux cuz the hdd i an going to install on is ntfs should i format to FAT32? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Ummmm FAT32? and Linux? i don't think so try ext2 or ext3 the most used for linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted March 18, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 oh ok then i was just asking because my freind has hes partiton formated as fat32 but oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted March 18, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Not to worry when you go to install whatever linux distro you install it will ask you everything you need including patitioning the drive. If you follow the prompts closely all should be well. If you need any help just ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted March 18, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 well i get backto you after i dl debian in 10 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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