installation problems

[Felix Miata]

Andrew Blechman wrote:
 
> My hardware is sufficient:  8GB HDD, 320MB RAM.
 
> After I hit enter at the boot, it says:
> loading vmlinux.................
> loading initrd.img................
> booting.
 
> Then it goes to the blank screen.  Ctl-Alt-F? for all ? doesn't do
> anything.  In fact, nothing does anything except Ctrl-Alt-Del.  But if I
> push enough keys, the computer starts clicking.  I have no idea what's
> going on.

Sounds like the installers don't understand your graphics adapter. Can
you find out what it is and look up release notes regarding it with
various distros?

Try:

linux vga=ask
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