installation problems

[Andrew Blechman]

> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 20:26, Andrew Blechman wrote:
> > Hello.
> > I am relatively new to Linux and decided that I would use my old computer
> > to play around with it.  It is an AMD K6-3 400MHz machine.  I have been
> > trying to install various Linux platforms, and none of them work!  I have
> > used Redhat in the past so I decided to try Fedora Core 3; but when I
> > insert the CD it gives me the boot screen, and after pressing the enter
> > key it just goes to a black screen with a flashing curser.  I'm pretty
> > sure the CD's are okay (I downloaded them) since I tried the same thing on
> > my newer computer and it went to the installation page without a hitch.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas?  I'm starting to get very frustrated with all
> > the failed attempts.  I've tried Knoppix and SuSE, and they don't work
> > either.  The only one that worked was DSL, but I'd rather have something
> > a little better.  Also, DSL seems to only be a CD boot, and I wanted to
> > put it on my hard drive.
> >
> > Thanks to anyone who can help me!
>
> Try typing linux text at the boot screen, this should put the system
> install into a text mode rather than a graphics mode using x-widows.
> Rob

I tried that, and I also tried the "nofb" option, and both had the same
effect, no change.  I also tried "noprobe", pretty much everything I
could find on the boot screen.

Cheers!
-Andrew