Guest Vik17 Report post Posted May 27, 2011 Hi all, I installed Mandriva onto my laptop a couple of days ago and absolutely love it! I am a true Linux convert! Im trying to install it on my partners PC which is currently running Windows XP and it seems to be having major problems. It gets so far and stops, unable to go any further it seems. Looking at the verbose, it gets up to HAL daemon and says [FAILED] then freezes. Any help gratefully received, it is starting to drive me crazy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daniewicz 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 My initial suggestion would be to try a Mandriva live CD and see if the hardware responds to that better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverSurfer60 2 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 To add to daniewicz, what release of Mandriva are you installing and are you dual booting? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vik17 Report post Posted May 28, 2011 Daniewicz, I am using a live cd to try and install it. Silversurfer, its Mandriva One 10.2 I think. I tried using the BIOS settings from my laptop on the PC but since its different, I couldnt exactly get the settings the same. If its any help, it installs right up to Setting mixer settings or starting resolvconf then freezes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daniewicz 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2011 If you boot off of the live CD without trying to install does everything load correctly? Another thought, try burning a new CD. Perhaps the laptop you are attempting to install Mandriva on has a more delicate/fussy CD drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites