installation problems

[Andrew Blechman]

> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 16:58 -0500, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 16:52 -0500, Andrew Blechman wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 20:26, Andrew Blechman wrote:
> > > > > Hello.
> > > > > I am relatively new to Linux and decided that I would use my old computer
> > ...
> > > I tried that, and I also tried the "nofb" option, and both had the same
> > > effect, no change.  I also tried "noprobe", pretty much everything I
> > > could find on the boot screen.
> >
> > You didn't say much about the hardware.  Have you checked the minimum
> > requirements on http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ ?
>
> You could also check out what is happening during the boot process of
> the installer by using Ctrl-Alt-F2, F3 (I think those are the ones) to
> look at the other virtual consoles and see what information they show.

My hardware is sufficient:  8GB HDD, 320MB RAM.

After I hit enter at the boot, it says:
loading vmlinux.................
loading initrd.img................
booting.

Then it goes to the blank screen.  Ctl-Alt-F? for all ? doesn't do
anything.  In fact, nothing does anything except Ctrl-Alt-Del.  But if I
push enough keys, the computer starts clicking.  I have no idea what's
going on.

Cheers!
-Andrew