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Interesting , whats the make & model of the lappy ? 2008/10/7 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Yep, tried that... noacpi makes it completely fail to boot at all. > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:45:03 +0100, "Steph Foster" > <steph.p.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >>> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >>> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >> Version: 3.1 >> GCS/S d- s+:+ a+ C+++ U+++ P L++ E W++ N+ K- w--$ >> O— M- V— L++++>$ PS+++ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5+++ X- >> R+ tv- b DI++ D++ G e* h+ r++ y? >> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >> >> > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/S d- s+:+ a+ C+++ U+++ P L++ E W++ N+ K- w--$ O— M- V— L++++>$ PS+++ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5+++ X- R+ tv- b DI++ D++ G e* h+ r++ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html