looks like the famous sis video chip problem If this is the case then there is
no way of directly installing prog. You would have to do a debian install then
"crossgrade" to prog. newton.
This is well documented in the mailing list. The scsi cd rom thing is normal.
Peter
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 03:29:05PM +0300, Juha Siltala wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The progeny install fails when switching to the VGA mode of the first
> installation stage. This right after mouse detection. I have tried a
> different mouse, makes no difference. The debug console complains a
> "neighbour buffer/stack [can't remember which] overflow. Also, it loads
> a scsi cdrom driver. I have a ATAPI IDE drive. Is this normal? After
> all, it boots ok. The install draws an empty screen and fails/freezes. I
> can reboot with ctrl-alt-del in the debug console but the installation
> screen is dead. What's up? I'm running another linux distribution right
> now, so my hardware can't be all that bad :)
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