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• pete ritchie

  

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  February 24, 2012 3:54 PM PST

  hey guys,

  i trying to install wattOS on my dads old toshiba s1800, i try to boot live cd in both normal and safe mode, it goes through aload of code on the screen and then goes blank no matter which option i pick. any advise?

   

  thanks

   

  peter

• biff baxter

  

  • 464 posts
   

  February 24, 2012 11:53 PM PST

  Hey Pete - how much RAM? That laptop should run wattOS just fine.
  
  Also once you get past all the code and the screen is blank, and you hit F2, do you get a command prompt (Blinking cursor?) or even if the screen is blank, when you type the command 'startx' (without the quotes) does anything happen?
  
• pete ritchie

  

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  February 25, 2012 1:03 AM PST

  hey biff, the laptop has 256mb of ram and nothing happens if i try to press F2 once the screen gone blank, i tried typinf startx at one of the grey splash screens that pop up, but still nothing happens

  
  This post was edited by pete ritchie at February 25, 2012 1:04 AM PST
• Fredrik Hällund

  

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  February 25, 2012 2:24 AM PST

  Seems we've got the same problem, and my "old" laptop isn't all that old. I've tried booting from both cd and usb (md5sum is fine). The only difference between the boot options (live cd / live secure graphics (or whatever it was) and install directly is the color of the blank screen; white, black and purple in that order..

  
  

  -Computer-
  Processor        : 2x AMD Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-72
  Memory        : 3093MB (523MB used)
  Operating System        : Linux Mint 11 Katya
  -Display-
  Resolution        : 1440x900 pixels
  OpenGL Renderer        : ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
  X11 Vendor        : The X.Org Foundation
  -Multimedia-
  Audio Adapter        : HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
  Audio Adapter        : HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
  -Input Devices-
   Power Button
   Lid Switch
   Power Button
   AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
   Video Bus
   ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver
   ST LIS3LV02DL Accelerometer
   HP Webcam
   HP WMI hotkeys
   HDA ATI SB Mic at Ext Front Jack
   HDA ATI SB HP Out at Ext Front Jack
   SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
  -SCSI Disks-
  ATA WDC WD2500BEVS-6
  ATA WDC WD2500BEVS-6
  Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500S

• biff baxter

  

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  February 25, 2012 6:05 PM PST

  Well guys wattOS R5 will be out in the next 24 hours, so your timing is good to try out the newer version and see if your luck improves :)
  
  biff
• Fredrik Hällund

  

  • 3 posts
   

  February 26, 2012 2:38 PM PST

  Thanks, R5 installed fine and I haven't had any problems (yet anyway) :)
• pete ritchie

  

  • 4 posts
   

  February 26, 2012 3:40 PM PST

  so i just downloaded and burnt r5 on to disk (m5s was perfect before i burnt) and when i try both live and live in safe i get the following come up
  
  http://www.torilowlows.co.cc/img/live.jpg
  
  any tips??

  
  This post was edited by biff baxter at February 26, 2012 4:05 PM PST
• biff baxter

  

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  February 26, 2012 4:12 PM PST

  I would suggest burning again, also are you installing on an internal or external CDROM? lastly, do you have an option or the ability to try USB via unetbootin?
  
  tks....biff
• pete ritchie

  

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  February 26, 2012 4:18 PM PST

  burning the disk again, and its on an internal cdrom (the one built into the side of the laptop, and the bios doesnt have an option for booting from a usb
• Leenie Gilmore

  

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  February 26, 2012 9:17 PM PST

  You can use Plop boot manager to boot from anywhere. If you burn it to cd it will give you option to boot from usb, even if it's not in the BIOS. It can also go on floppy. http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html