Topic: Black Screen When Installing

[ddrmanxbxfr]

Hi ! Im trying to install Sme server on an amd k6-2 400 mhz and when he boot the cd's it does this

Loading vmlinuz..........

Black Screen

Reboot  

Iv'e tried many times and same things.What could be the problem ?

Thanks Im waiting for your awser's

Sincerly DdRmanxbxfr

[arupmondal]

i have the same problem. But the same CD works fine on another computer. SME 6.0 installs OK on Problem computer. Why the problem computer quits on SME7.0?

[dsemuk]

This needs logging in the bug tracker so the developers can look into the problem.

You will find a link to the bug tracker on the left hand menu.


Dave

[byte]

Hold the shift key when booting from the SME 7.0rc3 cd and then type

smei586

and the hit return.

HTH

[ddrmanxbxfr]

Thanks ill try this yea i found that the i686 kernel was the problem..  

[arupmondal]

I tried with SHIFT key and smei586. Still no luck. This is COMPAQ SR1010NX desktop PC (2.7 Ghz celeron).

Base processor
Intel Celeron 2.8 GHz
400 MHz Front side bus
Socket mPGA478
Chipset
845GV

Motherboard Description  MIS name: MS-6577 M-ATX Rev. 3.1 (Giovani), Rev. 4.0 (Giovani2)

Compaq name: Giovani-GL6, Giovani2-GL6
CPU  Socket 478 for Intel P4 Williamette and Northwood processors
1.4GHZ to 2.8GHz or higher
 
Intel 845GV Chipset  FSB 400/533
Multiplexed AGP interface
Integrated 3D/2D graphic core
Supports DDR 333/266/200 memory
 
Intel ICH4 Chipset  High speed USB 2.0 controller, 480Mb/sec
PCI Master 2.2
I/O APIC
AC'97 2.2 interface
Three UHCI host controllers
One EHCI host controller
 
Main Memory  Four memory banks using two 184-pin unbuffered DDR 333/266/200 DIMMS
Maximum memory is 2GB without ECC (the PC manufacturer's recommended maximum memory may differ)
2.5V DDR DIMMS
 
Slots  Three 32-bit Master PCI (peripheral component interconnect) Bus slots
Onboard IDE  IDE HDD/CD-ROM operation modes:
PIO
Bus Master
Ultra DMA 100/66
Connect up to four IDE devices
 
Onboard Peripherals  Two PS/2 ports
Six USB ports (four front, two rear)
One Parallel port
One Serial port
One VGA
One RJ-45 LAN port
Vertical audio ports (line-in, line-out, microphone-in)
 
Connectors  Two IDE (ATA 100)
One ATX power
One Floppy
One AUX-in
One Mic-in
 
Pinheaders  One Front panel
One Clear password
One Clear CMOS
 
Audio  AC'97 link controller integrated in ICH4
Six-channel software codec RealTek AL658 (optional)
 
LAN  RealTek RTL8101L chip
Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC AND PHY (one chip)
Supports 10 Mb/s and 100Mb/s
Compliance with PCI V2.2
Supports ACPI Power Management
 
BIOS  PnP (plug & play) to detect peripheral devices and expansion cards automatically.
DMI (desktop management interface) function to record motherboard specifications.

[JonB]

arupmondal, have you got a usb card reader or usb mass storage device attached to your PC?

If so remove it and try again.

Jon

[arupmondal]

I did NOT connect any external device to the COMPAQ PC.

[arupmondal]

I have not tried with centOS 4.3 yet. But I will do and give you feedback. Please remember that SME6.0 is installed and runs OK. I wonder why SME7.0 would not run!!!!!!!!!! So, it is not like SME does not work on this PC. Only SME7.0 does not work whereas SME6.0 is absolutely OK with this PC.

[byte]

I wonder why SME7.0 would not run!!!!!!!!!! So, it is not like SME does not work on this PC. Only SME7.0 does not work whereas SME6.0 is absolutely OK with this PC.

There is a big difference between SME6 and SME7.0x for example SME6 was based on Redhat 7.3/8.0 and uses 2.4 kernel, now SME 7.0x is based on Centos 4.3/RHEL and uses a 2.6 kernel.