gentoo live dvd stuck

linex · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

hi
i downloaded the gentoo live dvd from a torrent yesterday.
i tried booting it and it gets stuck at "running hdparm on /dev/hda"

i did a md5 checksum test and the media is good.

What might be the problem? I have a gateway mx6454 notebook with amd turion 64 x2 processor.

likewhoa · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject:

skip hdparm you really don't need that during install.

linex · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

how do i skip it?

what does it do?

likewhoa · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject:

is this happening with the gentoo linux installer or while the livecd is booting up? if the latter i would suggest you follow the handbook and just skip the part where it would ask you to run hdparm on the drive.

linex · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

here's the sequence
I insert the cd
start the computer
cd boots up
i press 'enter'
it gives me a a list of things it's doing followed by 'ok'
it asks for keyboard format
i enter the number for the us keymap
it gives me some more things followed by 'ok'
and then it gives me 'running hdparm on /dev/hda' followed by 'ok'
it doesn't go anywhere

i'm not even in the install process yet. i'm just booting the live cd.

this is the x86 dvd so i'm currently downloading the amd64 disk and will try that one out

linex · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

i solved the problem by using a amd64 dvd. now the problem is that x server won't boot. how do i solve this problem?

Banana · Veteran Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 1384 Location: Germany

what's the error message ?
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