Dell Insprion E530 problems...

[Karl Larsen]

Michael Harpe wrote:
> I can do more detail!
>  
> ISO boot:
>  
> Insert the disc, hit the power...select boot menu (BIOS 1.0.3 by the 
> way)...select CD...
> System boots. Lots of chatter that goes by too fast to read. Doesn't 
> ask me any questions at all that I can see.  I see a flicker of a 
> screen that says something like "to boot from..." then it clears and 
> I'm at the install screen with the nifty blue background.
>  
> I select the first option for the install. Screen clears and goes to 
> character type screen that tells me it's loading some kind of piix 
> driver. That's when I ctrl-alt-F4 over to the detail screen and watch 
> it try lots of combinations of ATA driver modes. Then I get dumped out 
> to the driver selection menu where the double-keystroke problem makes 
> working with the menu almost impossible.
>  
> That's really all I can tell you. If you'll tell me what to look for I 
> will be glad to take better notes.
>  
> Mike Harpe
    Well Mike it appears the loader can't figure out which video card 
you have or/and can't figure out your monitor. Do this:

When it comes up instead of a simple Enter do what it asks for a simple 
text install. That should work.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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