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Subject: Dano hangs but R5 and Zeta is okay?

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Name: Black7
Date: December 22, 2005 at 00:09:22 Pacific
Subject: Dano hangs but R5 and Zeta is okay?
OS: Dano
CPU/Ram: Pentium M 1.4 / 512mb

Comment:

Well, I've been running R5.03 (Max Edition) for awhile now and it's been working fine.
I tried to upgrade to DANO and all I get is a blank black screen now. I get through the boot up sequence (all the icons light up) but then after that (when the GUI should start up) all I get is a black black screen and nothing responds. So, a co-worker of mine recomended I try running Zeta and lent me his copy of it. Zeta runs perfectly fine! I thought Zeta was based off DANO so shouldn't DANO work as well? I would like to get DANO working as I don't have my own copy of ZETA. Any help would be great.
I'm trying to install on a Gateway 200x laptop. R5 works fine and ZETA works flawlessly.
Thanks in advance!

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Response Number 1

Name: dominicus
Date: December 27, 2005 at 21:56:34 Pacific
Subject: Dano hangs but R5 and Zeta is okay?

Reply: (edit)

did you do a fresh Dano install or upgrade over
the R5..there's an awful lot of R5 files that can be
incompatible with dano..preventing a boot..
Try installing Dano on a fresh partition..
if Zeta runs well then Dano certainly should..
Perhaps you installed Zeta on a fresh partiton and
that's why it runs well?

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Response Number 2

Name: Black7
Date: December 28, 2005 at 09:51:46 Pacific
Subject: Dano hangs but R5 and Zeta is okay?

Reply: (edit)

Thanks for the help.
I've tried a fresh install of Dano, same thing.
BUT, strange thing is when I install Dano over Zeta, it boots but it's unstable.
I'll try again with a clean partition.
Maybe it was just a fluke or something.
(re)Installing BeOS is so painless, I love it! :)

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