<DIV>Thanks for the reply, i tried few other commands and finally found "linux nofb" working properly</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>regards</DIV> <DIV>Manisha Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@sbcglobal.net> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Manisha Sathe wrote: > 1)I downloaded all 4 iso files (FC4 for i386) from one of the mirror > site -> checked the sha1sum for all and later copied on to CD. Please use narrower lines. > 2)Booted from 1st CD - i got the first screen menu for fedora - to > install.... press enter.... boot: etc > > I tried many combinations at boot prompt - pressing enter, linux text, > linux mediacheck > > but always end result is same - it runs some commands on console and > screen become black and then from bottom it starts becoming bright > slowly after some time it shows 2 blue strips at both sides with > reddish black as middle strip. Nothing comes out, nothing happens i hv > to restart the laptop. > What variations did you try? Did you try acpi=off? > I am on In! spiron 9300 with Intel Pentium M Processor. I already hv > winXP and win2K loaded on this m/c (on E and C drive respectively). On > third partition i want to load Linux. > > Pls let me know what's going wrong here. With a little more information, I'm sure someone here can help. But you need to provide more information. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. <a href="http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html">Take the tour</a>