On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 22:34 +0100, Patrick Stack wrote:
> Hi all,
>> I've just installed FE3 on an Iqon laptop without a hitch. I've
> partitioned the drive as follows:
>Snip
>> Only problem is that when I boot from the Win XP Pro CD all I get is the
> following message: "Setup is inspecting your computers hardware
> configuration..." which stays on screen for about 3 seconds and then
> nothing - a completely blank black screen. What in tarnation is going
> on? Anybody have any ideas?
>> TIA
>
Sounds familiar.
I had exactly the same problem, and I left the computer for over an hour
as it looked as if it was checking the disk. Ended up reformatting the
whole thing, removing all the linux partitions, and whaddya know? setup
started fine. Grrrr.
(Lucky I had only just re-installed a minimal install of Fedora Core 4
Test 2)
So putting windows on first is the way to go.
> Patrick Stack
Phil
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