Install fail on Compaq R4000 series laptop.

[Thomas Cameron]

On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 00:22 +0000, whatsizbucket at comcast.net wrote:
> The install in both graphical mode and also text mode is failing (blank screen), even though there is DVD activity, but that shortly comes to a halt.  I begin to wonder if the DVD image is faulty, or if the test version is not compatiblewith my R4000 series Presario.  I will try a regular CD burn first.
> 
> Fedora Core 3 install fails also (and the CD's are good).
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> Laptop specs
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> AMD Sempron 3200
> 80 gig HD
> 768 meg mem
> ATI Radeon XPress 200M (which I think may be the culprit if not the DVD image)
> 
> linux text install fails also.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -Jason

What do you see on the alt+f3 and alt+f4 screens when it dies?

Thomas