Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2019-10-09 Thread wwp
Hello, On Sat, 12 May 2018 20:55:58 +0200 Rainer Fügenstein wrote: > I tried to install Centos7 x86_64 minimal 1503-01 from an USB > flash drive on my old Dell Latitude E6500 laptop. > > boots up in text mode, switches text resolution, writes: > > Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen >

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2018-05-13 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 13 May 2018 20:41:07 +0200 Rainer Fügenstein wrote: > I just don't know where to put this video.allow... parameter. did not > work as grub kernel parameter. Uncle Google tells me: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/where-do-i-put-this-line-4175432959/ -- MELVILLE

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2018-05-13 Thread Rainer Fügenstein
Mike, Johnny, BIOS is version A29, which is the latest one on the dell website. > Does this laptop have the Nvidia Quadro graphics option? If so try > booting with NOMODESET. Also, if available in the BIOS turn OFF > switchable graphics. no, it just has intel onboard graphics, there's

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2018-05-13 Thread Mike McCarthy, W1NR
Does this laptop have the Nvidia Quadro graphics option? If so try booting with NOMODESET. Also, if available in the BIOS turn OFF switchable graphics. Mike ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2018-05-13 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 05/12/2018 03:24 PM, Rainer Fügenstein wrote: > Hello Jonathan, > > Saturday, May 12, 2018, 9:39:01 PM, you wrote: > >> At a bare minimum, I'd try using CentOS 7 1804: >> http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/ > > thanks; after some waiting time, 1804 now keeps repeating

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2018-05-12 Thread Rainer Fügenstein
Hello Jonathan, Saturday, May 12, 2018, 9:39:01 PM, you wrote: > At a bare minimum, I'd try using CentOS 7 1804: > http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/ thanks; after some waiting time, 1804 now keeps repeating "dracut initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts" for a

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2018-05-12 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 08:55:58PM +0200, Rainer Fügenstein wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to install Centos7 x86_64 minimal 1503-01 from an USB > flash drive on my old Dell Latitude E6500 laptop. > [...] > what to try next? any additional infos I can give you? At a bare minimum, I'd try

[CentOS] Centos 7 on Dell Latitude E6500

2018-05-12 Thread Rainer Fügenstein
Hi, I tried to install Centos7 x86_64 minimal 1503-01 from an USB flash drive on my old Dell Latitude E6500 laptop. boots up in text mode, switches text resolution, writes: Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen Reached Target Paths Reached Target Basic System. then hangs for some