IIRC, e-machines have a lousy, incompatible BIOS so I would start with Knoppix in text mode, like this:
# knoppix 2 pci=bios acpi=off Failing that I would suggest Knoppix in failsafe mode: # knoppix 2 failsafe HTH, Hendrik Schaink Mike Bougie wrote: > last night i was beaten by a 5 year old e-machines POS. ubuntu wouldn't > boot, linspire wouldn't load either. i'm going to try xubuntu on > saturday, but i feel that it's going to take everyone's combined > knowledge to get this thing working. -- Hendrik M. Schaink Chief Consultant "Integrated Business Solutions & Dependable Service" InfoVision Consulting Calgary, Alberta, Canada Phone: (403) 239-0099 "The Vision: We are the partners of choice for companies and organizations that share our commitment to creating a world that is truly wise, courageous, prosperous, innovative, inclusive, sustainable and humane." --Ruben Nelson GPG Fingerprint: 1371 0927 8C3C 831F A838 C312 68BC F5DB 010D F3D7 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
