amd64 probs

[Jamon Camisso]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings;
> 
> I just bought, and I'm beginning to regret it, an HP Pavilion dv5320us, 
> which has an amd turion 64 bit cpu in it.
> 
> I've tried every known method to disable the ACPI stuffs and get the 
> kubuntu-5.10-amd64.iso to boot, but its a universal freeze at the
> ACPI System Version yadda yadda point in the dmesg being output to the 
> screen, and the only recovery seems to be standing on the power switch 
> for >4 seconds.
> 
> Whats busted, or should I just give up on trying to install an amd64 
> version of anything on this $1100 POS?  Presumably the i386 stuff will 
> run as the FC5 dvd runs far enough to pass its self check & then dies 
> because all existing partitions on this drive are primary partitions. 
> leaving no room for anything else.

I think I briefly met you on irc today, told you about using hoary in 
server mode then upgrading (all amd64). Why not give dapper a try? I've 
installed from Flight 3 to flight 6 (each time from iso's) without any 
problems on my amd64 system. Give it a try -- yeah another download and 
another cd to burn, but you won't regret it.