Can't install Sabayon

NibblesMctwitch · 06-05-2021, 04:58 PM

Live ISO won't even boot, black screen blinking cursor I know it's my video card always is Nvidia Geforce rtx 2070

Any suggestions would be great.

Chuck

business_kid · 06-06-2021, 04:20 AM

It sounds like the ISO is not being read.

If you have linux handy, you should try mounting the iso. I'll expect it won't mount. Then do your disk & drive cleaning routine and try again.

teckk · 06-06-2021, 09:39 AM

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Live ISO won't even boot

Did you checksum the .iso after you downloaded it? If everything is ok there...

Nvidia and newer kernels have been problematic for a while now.

Here is some good info
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA

Find out what you have, see if your disto is loading support for it, if not you'll need to load it.

Code:

NV160 family (Turing)
NV164 (TU104) 	GeForce RTX (2070 Super, 2080, 2080 Super)
NV166 (TU106) 	GeForce RTX (2060, 2060 Super, 2070)

You can use the proprietary Nvidia module(which is a binary), or the open source nouvea.

https://www.google.com/search?q=nvid...syBCmhWsjS9FpT