Iain McKee wrote:
Okay so I probably shouldn't be using gentoo, since I have minimal
linux experience (yellowdog and ubuntu), but there is only one way to
learn right.
I recently bought a machine with an amd64 3400+ processor.
I downloaded the amd64 install, burned it to CD and verified that it
was complete and working. I wanted to keep windows, so I used
partition magic 8 to create the linux partitions, then rebooted with
the gentoo install CD. But now when initially boot, the CD hangs at
68%...in verbose mode, it looks as though it is sticking when checking
my processor.
I have a 3400+ and I didn't have any problems with Ubuntu, Fedora, or
Gentoo. Does Windows run on it okay? Is it the 64-bit version of XP or
the 32-bit?
any idea how to figure out what I have done wrong? The partitioning
should be fine, but I am starting to wonder since no distros will
work. I can't even get the live installer to finish the hardware
verification and that worries me.
The only boot disk i have for windows is not a restore, but a bare
minimum XP install. I would rather not format completely
Sorry for being such a newbie, any help is appreciated!!!
BTW, I did try booting with a couple of other linux install discs.
They were x86 and did not work. I'm not sure if this is because of
what I messed up or if it is because they are x86.
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!!!!
Personally, I don't trust PM to build my linux partitions. I've never
had a ton of luck with it. Maybe it's just me, but I would have just
shrunk the Windows partition and left a bunch of free space on the drive
to have gentoo (or any other distro) build the partitions for me. I
dislike a Windows app doing anything with linux partitions.
You also never said what kind of HDD you have or it's size. I don't
think it's a CPU issue, but it might be, I still think it's a HDD issue.
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