FC 5 black screen before install

[Karl F. Larsen]

sholtz at imap.d.umn.edu wrote:
> I have actually downloaded, sha1sum'ed and burned two sets of discs
> from two different mirrors.  Disc 1 from both burns results in the
> black screen.
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> If I enter 'linux mediacheck' at the boot prompt, I also get nothing
> but the black screen.  Is there another way to do the media check?
>
>   
    It sounds now as if the loader can't guess well enough what your 
video card is and your monitor is. So try starting with "linux-text" and 
see if that comes up.

Karl
> Steve
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> --On Sunday, April 30, 2006 5:42 PM -0600 Karl Larsen
> <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
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>> fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com wrote:
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>>> I have downloaded, sha1sum'ed and burned a set of CD install discs.
>>> After booting from disc 1, I hit <enter> to start a graphical
>>> install and get a black screen.  I have tried several variants of
>>> 'linux xxx' at the boot: prompt and all result in the black screen.
>>>
>>> I'm running:
>>> Asus A7V333
>>> AMD Athlon XP 1800
>>> 512 MB RAM
>>> nVidia NV15DDR GeForce2 Ti
>>> Sony Trinitron Multiscan G400
>>>
>>> Any ideas on getting an install process that I can see executing?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>       
>>     Did you test your cd-rom's before trying to load? It might be a
>> problem in disk 1. I loaded that way no problem.
>>
>> Karl
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