HP zv5000z AMD64 Development Install fails

[Lewt @ Linux Warcry]

Brian Stretch wrote:

>I was able to get FC1 AMD64 to install on this HP zv5000z Athlon 64
>nForce3 chipset notebook, but it locked up on reboot with the capslock
>light blinking, possibly didn't read the GeForce 440 Go vidcard right? 
>The lockup was right about the time it ought to switch to X.  I did a
>graphical install, no need for textmode, though the screen did go
>out-of-sync for a few seconds at the tail end of the shutdown-to-reboot. 
>
>The AMD64 devel tree from today and yesterday didn't get very
>far.  I tried a NFS install from a local mirror of the duke mirror.  Fedora
>says "no valid devices were found on which to create new file systems"
>after I select manual partitioning with Disk Druid.  Then it reboots.  
>I tried acpi=off selinux=0 just for laughs, no diff.  Anyone have any 
>ideas before I bugzilla this? 
>
>It can't detect the "mouse" either, which is an ALPS keypad, and I
>didn't see an option to manually select it like I could with FC1. 
>
>BTW: I discovered a SERIOUS flaw in the zv5000z.  If you try to use
>both SODIMM slots you'll get memory corruption errors.  See here:
>
>http://amd64notebooks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=86
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try running acpi=off in your grub..