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Re: [LUG] Strange booting...

 

Try adding noacpi to the boot options by entering the grub options at boot time

2008/10/6 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi all,
>
> I have now managed to get BackTrack 3 Final installed to the harddrive
> of my laptop.  It works very nicely bar one thing... it won't boot
> nicely.
>
> Now, when I say "nicely", what I mean is this.  It will start to boot
> (I presume) but the screen stays blank.  Should I provide the machine
> with an ACPI event (power button, power cord removal/insertion, etc)
> then the screen comes on and it starts/continues to boot properly...
> until, that is, it reaches the "fd0 is 1.44mb" stage.  When it gets to
> that part, if the power cord is not present, it freezes.
>
> I've tried various kernel options but nothing seems to make any
> difference.
>
> Anyone got any thoughts?
> Grant.
>
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