[Preston] Linux on HP pavilion desktop

[Guy Heatley]

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I agree with Gina.

Kernel params at bootup may fix this.

Do you know what stage the freeze occurs?

Offenders for this kind of thing are often graphics chipsets and
chipsets that control the automated power interfaces (ACPI)

If you can run off a Live CD, there must be very little wrong.

Sometimes I have found a newer version of the Kernel actually breaks
with older hardware. e.g. an old Live Knoppix disk works fine, but a new
distro's default kernel causes problems.

Usually there is a way of supplying kernel params in the bootloader.

- -- 
Guy

On 07/04/11 13:22, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Have you tried any of the kernel parameters?
> 
> Sometimes things like:
> 
> noapic
> 
> resolve such issues.
> 
> You need to establish your chipset on the machine then use your
> favourite search engine to see what is known about that chipset and linux:
> 
> ATI Radion 7200 linux
> 
> for example.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Gena
> 
> On 4/7/2011 12:13 PM, Mark Stewart wrote:
>> Anyone got any experience with this? Tried several flavours and
>> evetlryone crashes at some stage during install but certain live CDs
>> will run. Nothing logged or shown just freezes.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Mark.
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