Weird installation problem (freezing)

[Todd Deshane]

did you try booting with the framebuffer disabled?
use the option: 
      debian-installer/framebuffer=false
when booting...
    if you look in the help on the install cd 
    there is the example how to use that.

I don't have a cd handy to try, but boot off it
and help is either F1 or F2.

hope that helps,
Todd



On 6/17/05, Iosif Chatzimichail <afonic at altecnet.gr> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a pretty weird installation problem. Let me start with my system:
> 
> Athlon64 3000+
> Chaintech VNF4 Ultra (nForce4 Ultra)
> 200GB Seagate SATA
> Asus GeForce 6600GT PCI Express
> 
> So I start the install of a Hoary 5.04 64bit system. The CD boots, the
> stuff are loaded in the memory, until one spot:
> When it says "Trying to enable the frame buffer" it stays there for ~1
> minute and then loading the install GUI VERY slow. Like One-one line
> filling gray and then all over again to turn blue.
> The language selection dialog appears and it all stops there.
> 
> I tried many stuff, like removing all unnessesary devices, using a 80GB
> PATA drive etc but the same thing happens all the time.
> I have a x86 version of Ubuntu which I successfully installed in my
> laptop and it does exactly the same thing too, so it's not the CD or the
> 64 version but my system.
> I tried installing Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine running on the
> windows I have in the first drive and it run just fine!
> I just tried Debian and everything work just fine.
> The problem with Ubuntu goes on. Debian shows language selection in
> 10secs, Ubuntu needs 5mins and then freezes.
> 
> Any ideas / hints ?
> 
> Thx....
> 
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