topic title: wont run
Posts: 53
acidburned
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#1
ive yet to find a linux distro to boot up and run on my dell,ive been using antix ever since the very first one.the only one that works is slitaz.i wish i could antix or anything else to boot up and run. the first one was called flepis and i still have the cd __{{emoticon}}__
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#2
acidburned wrote:ive yet to find a linux distro to boot up and run on my dell, __{{emoticon}}__
What model Dell do you have?
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acidburned
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#3
dell optiplex 260 p4 1.5gb memory ,motherboard is dell.
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oldhoghead
Site Admin
Joined: 01 Oct 2007
#4
Welcome back acidburned __{{emoticon}}__

The newest releases have a cli installer, and now you have the choice to download core, base or full install.


cheers,
ohh
acidburned
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#5
thank you oldhoghead, i know that but it wont even bootup and run the live cd or any other linux distro except slitaz.ive got it running in vmware for right now.
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#6
On some Dells with onboard video, you must go into the bios and enable the video ram memory setting to the higher setting, I think you have a choice of either 1 or 8 mb.. If you don't have this in your bios, it is possible you will need to upgrade your bios to the latest version.
I could not get my Dell lappies to boot anti-X or Mepis unless I did this.
Worth a look anyway....
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acidburned
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#7
thank you afab ill try
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acidburned
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#8
nope didnt works as soon as it gets to udev then the errors start up. i tried all the boot options.
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#9
Hmmm, if you are showing video memory to be 8MB and have tried all the minimal boot options, I guess I would continue to disable any other on-board cards ie: modem, net card and see what happens. Finally if that doesn't work, I would disable the on-board video card and pop in an external video card.
A quick Google search of this model reveals you are not alone in your frustration.
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acidburned
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#10
ya i set it at 8mb and still came up with errors and wont boot. thanks for trying though.ill try the other suggestions to see.
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acidburned
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#11
still no luck in getting the cd to boot on this thing.good thing i run vmplayer.