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Title: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: gh02t on April 19, 2009, 10:52:31 PM

When installing from CD, after booting the disk the installer loads /sbin/loader and the screen goes black and stays this way. I tried booting with the i586 kernel as was suggested for a similar problem in a different thread, but no luck. Any ideas?

Title: Re: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: electroman00 on April 20, 2009, 03:09:59 AM

Whats the date on the CD drive your using in the SME and the CDR drive.

Old will give you no joy, like in > 2001

Title: Re: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: gh02t on April 20, 2009, 03:23:06 AM

The CD I burned the iso to? It is fresh from the store.

Title: Re: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: electroman00 on April 20, 2009, 05:12:38 AM

Not the date of disk, date on the drives.

Title: Re: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: gh02t on April 20, 2009, 05:24:30 AM

Not sure precisely, but its younger than 2004.

Title: Re: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: electroman00 on April 20, 2009, 05:28:16 AM

I thought the same thing on one of the systems here, ended up 1999, that drive hit the G file real quick.
Even 2004 is getting a bit old.

Title: Re: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: gh02t on April 20, 2009, 05:40:23 AM

Well, I tried using an 6.5 release installer and it installed without issue (it had its own trouble, it hung during the boot process after install, but I suppose that is a separate issue).

Title: Re: Installer goes to blank screen on boot.
Post by: electroman00 on April 20, 2009, 05:50:48 AM

Oldest drive I use here is 2005 for a good reason, it works.

You could use the CDR in SME just to be sure and save yourself some time.