I cannot install Sabayon Linux on my PC

[PROVID3R]

Salut! Domnilor...daca ma puteti ajuta si pe mine cu cateva sfaturi...Am incercat sa instalez acum cateva zile un Sabayon 5.5 ultima versiune pe Computer..si nu mergea...adica la placa video imi dadea eroare si nu ma mai lasa sa il instalez in continuare...mi se restarta pc-ul. Am placa Video ASUS ATI Radeon X550 Extreme..procesor Intel de 3.00 GHz, si memorie RAM de 2 GB...imi place foarte mult cum arata Sabayon-ul. Daca ar merge, va rog sa imi spune-ti PAS CU PAS cum trebuie sa il instalez. Va multumesc

Moderator edit (March 31, 2011): I've translated the Subject to English in the hope that more users will read the thread.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Romanian, I think? Here's my stab at translating it with the help of Google Translation Tools and the fact that Romanian has something in common with the Latin languages.

Subject: I cannot install Sabayon Linux on my PC

Hello! Gentlemen ... if you can help me with some advice ... I tried to install the latest version Sabayon 5.5 a few days ago on my computer but it did not work ... the video card gave an error and did not let it continue to install ... reboot my pc. I have an Asus ATI Radeon X550 Extreme video card.. 3.00 GHz Intel processor and 2 GB of RAM ... I really like the looks of your Sabayon. If they work, will you please tell me STEP BY STEP how to install it. Thank you

[wolfden]

Please post in English so people can help and see our wiki

[Fitzcarraldo]

PROVID3R, your model of GPU (video card) is quite old and is not supported by the closed-source AMD Catalyst for Linux driver. (The closed-source driver is also known as FGLRX and the package is ati-drivers.) Therefore you need to try the open-source Radeon driver. The package is xf86-video-ati.

Boot the SL (Sabayon Linux) LiveDVD and, when you reach the boot menu, press F5. Then add the following text at the end of the list of kernel boot parameters and press the Enter key.

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xdriver=radeon

Hopefully the LiveDVD should then boot correctly and you should be able to install SL to your hard drive.

[PROVID3R]

Ok...I am romanian...you right...i will try to write in english to understand you. Thank you for advice...i will try to do like you said to me...i hope it work...anyway...in time...i want to change my video card. Is very interesting Sabayon..and looks good. I hope it works...lets see..

[PROVID3R]

Sorry...but didnt work to install Sabayon 5.5...I dont know should I do.......damn...

[Fitzcarraldo]

What happened? Was there an error message? If yes, what was it? How far did the installation process get? Was was displayed on the screen? Did it freeze?

If you tried using xdriver=radeon as I mentioned in my previous post but that did not work, try instead with xdriver=vesa

[PROVID3R]

Well...when start the installation...appear a console...and then..appear text installation...and when try to detect my video card...my PC is restarting...and thats it...dont let me do anything...i dont know how to resolve it.....i have pc from 3 years...is not so old.......i will try to make a picture and i will send it...

[Fitzcarraldo]

This visual tour in the SL Wiki is for an older version of SL but gives you an idea of what you should see when you boot the LiveDVD and where to enter additional kernel boot parameters (also known as 'boot cheat codes'): Visual Tour: Booting Sabayon Linux KDE4.

For which edition of SL 5.5 did you burn a LiveDVD? KDE? GNOME? Xfce? E17? Which architecture? x86 (32-bit) or amd64 (64-bit)? Does your PC have a 32-bit CPU or a 64-bit CPU? What are its specifications? Are you sure that the ISO you downloaded is not corrupt, and that the LiveDVD you burnt is not corrupt? If you have access to a Windows machine you can check the MD5 checksum of the ISO you downloaded (Google will show you freeware utilities for Windows that can tell you the md5sum of a file, which you can compare with the MD5 checksum given in the appropriate file on the download mirrors), and you can check whether the burnt LiveDVD was good also using a Windows utility (see Method 3 in SL Wiki article HOWTO: Checking the integrity of a LiveCD or LiveDVD).

[PROVID3R]

I downloaded a Sabayon Linux 5.5 GNOME on x86...My arhitecture is on x86 (32)...my CPU is on 32. Im very sure that my ISO which i downloaded is not corrupt...let me write my configure.....I have...Video Card ASUS ATI Radeon AX550 Extreme
Processor: Intel 3.00 GHz
Motherboard: INTEL DGRYCK965
RAM Memory - 2 GB
HDD: 320 GB
Floppy Disk...and thats it...i will attached some photos and a little video to view exactly the steps.....i try right now but doesnt work because the file is to big...and picture the same