Can only boot in nonfb

[micmac303]

Hi all,

Re: Mandrake 9.0

Can only boot in nonfb, normal boot causes a hang - black screen with the only activity being the caps lock and scroll lock lights on my keyboard flashing!?

Any ideas? I tried to do a re-install but when booting from cd the same problem occured.

I'd love to get it sorted for the arrival of my new ethernet modem.

Any help appreciated,

Peace,

Mike

[fingal]

This is just my personal opinion, but I would seriously try to find a more up-to-date version of Mandriva. Everything after version 10 is okay, but preferably use 2006: the boot time is faster and hardware support is better.

I couldn't even get some of those ver. 9.* Mandrake distros to install ... It might be a pain to get a more recent version, but worth it to avoid disappointment.

[micmac303]

Thanks Fingal,

since posting the question, I just ordered a copy of Mandriva 2006! So your opinion is a welcome assertion that I did the right thing!

Mike

[fingal]

Thanks Fingal,

since posting the question, I just ordered a copy of Mandriva 2006! So your opinion is a welcome assertion that I did the right thing!

Mike

That's good! I think you'll like this distro ... My feeling is that its reached maturity with 2006.