Dingles Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 I recently downloaded Linux, and installed it perfectly. Everything seems to work fine, until I try and load the actual OS. It's configured as a duel boot with Mandrake Linux and Windows XP. The crash occurs when the boot up screen is doing a system check, and it freezes after it says "Swap Partition Activating [ok]". Please help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Can you login the failsafe mode? Unplug all usb cables. Give some us more information. What version are you using, hardware etcetc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingles Posted July 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 (edited) Um, I'm using version 10.2, and i just downloaded it this morning. My motherboard is an ASUS P4PE, my graphics card is an ASUS Nvidia T14200 8x AGP, my sound card is just an ordinary sound blaster... um... I have a pentium 4, 2.4 GHz.. um... and a keyboard if that helps... does usb really play a role in this? oh, and i also cant get in in failsafe mode... im starting to think my computer is a communist and that its against me... Edited July 17, 2005 by Dingles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingles Posted July 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 (edited) I've also got to make a correction for my first post. It freezes at "Activating Partition Swap [ok]" I also tried to unplug my USB, ... and no result was given... Edited July 17, 2005 by Dingles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingles Posted July 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Perhaps I downloaded the wrong version of linux... What is this i586 business about anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 when the system starts, hit f1 for advanced options. then try booting with the following parameters: linux noapic nolapic does it work then? What is this i586 business about anyway linux distributions are available for different processor architectures, like the intel and amd based pc processors or the powerpc processors for macs. mac versions are marked as ppc isos, while pc-based isos will have more information. ix86= general pc-processor i386= runs on i386 processors (very old) i486= runs on old i486 pc's like a 486-dx with 100 mhz i586= intel pentium I and II and amd k6 based processors i686= newer pentium III/IV and amd k7, duron, athlon processors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingles Posted July 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Ok, I tried what you told me too... and guess what! It didnt work... Perhaps it didnt completely install or something... By now, I think that I have tried installing it around 13 times... so um yeah... any help that actually helps would really be appreciated, otherwise thanks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingles Posted July 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 i downloaded the i586 version, is there anything wrong with that? is the problem my P4 chip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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