On December 23, 2003 10:41 am, Jesse Kline wrote: > On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 00:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well I don't know what I did but I just fried windows on my laptop. I've > > heard good thing about linux so I figure I might as well give it a try. > > Unfortunately I have no clue which distribution to go with. I've tried > > installing a recent version of mandrake but that's won't go past > > installing drivers, so I figure it must be something to do with what I > > have in the laptop. > > Again, I'm going to need some more information. What version of Mandrake > are you trying to install? The latest version is 9.2 so if you are > working with something older you might want to give it a try,
...mdk 9.2 seems to have problems with hardware detection. On my laptop [Toshiba Satellite 5200] I managed to get it to install but had to kill harddrake from init or it would lock up completely. 9.1 works much better to date. Haven't tried Fedora on it yet. or you > could try a different distro. as well. What exactly happens during the > install? Does it give you an error message, does it stop or lock up the > whole machine? If the GUI doesn't say anything, you can try hitting > Ctrl-Alt-F1 and then Alt-F2, etc. to switch between virtual terminals, > there may be some more info. there. Take any error messages and run them > through Google, most of the time you won't be the first person to have > that problem. Post it to the list as well, and we may be able to help > you out. > > > I have a ZE5385CA from HP. I've only had it 3 months and already managed > > to break it :P > > Well the good news is that you can always reinstall ;-). > > Jesse -- Nick W (nickw77 at shaw.ca) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 Trusting Microsoft with your computing is like trusting your dog with a steak. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
