Can't Complete the RC1 Installation

Dear David & John,
I too am having the same problem as you
concerning the first boot after a fresh install. It just is a black screen
with a flashing cursor in the top left hand corner. If you wait long enough
it actually comes up with a blue screen and quickly reboots itself before I
get to read it. Think it was at least 40 minutes before it did that. Anyway
I too had no problems with previous versions up until RC1 or the newer build
5728. I have quite an old AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with Abit board with 2.5GB
RAM. I have a Nvidia N6800 512mb AGP graphic card.
I would be most greatful if you come across any information on how to
resolve this as it is really is getting annoying.

Regards

Martyn

"john" wrote:

> Same problem here-swaping my nVidia FX5500 with a very old nVidia MX400 video
> card allowed me to finish the install in 5600 but the still FX5500 wouldn't
> run. Build 5728 wouldn't install either but the FX5500 would run after
> install with the MX400. I'm guessing you probably can't boot into safe mode-
> "install not complete" error message? When your screen goes blank there are
> still several steps left to finish the install, username, etc. Try a
> different video card-I talked to an Intel user who had the same problem as
> you with onboard (non-nVidia) video. Good luck.
>
> "David Johnson" wrote:
>

> > I am unable to finish the installation and get to the login screen or
> > desktop. The finishing installation process seems to go well, but after the
> > system restarts, all i get is a blank screen or blinking cursor. There is
> > hard drive activity for a few seconds, then nothing. I am using the Intel
> > 975XBXLKR motherboard and Conroe E6400 CPU. Everything is at stock speeds. Up
> > to the point where the system hangs, the whole process is only about 35-40
> > mins. I am doing a fresh install from the downloaded 64 bit ISO. Any help
> > would be appreciated.