Oh sorry, I have a Maxtor 200 GB SATA drive. Pehaps that will be the issue. yeah, I don't like partition magic one bit...i used a linux one with yellow dog, pretty common but I cant remember the name; anyway, it was super easy.
It's funny because I have also had a dualboot on mac before and setting that up with mac software was amazingly easy. Anyhoo, please let me know if you need any other info and thanks for the help. On 1/24/06, Mark Haney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > -- > Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
