If you find you are having troubles with Mandrake 9.2 out of the box, I am sure anyone of us (me included) would be happy to loan you an older version of Mandrake and then you could just do the upgrade from the 9.2 disks. As with all laptops could check out Linux for laptops (I think that is the name...but can't recall the URL). Hell even goggling should yield some good results for you.
Good luck with your venture...I used to sell HP/Compaq among others...laptops and found the HP/Compaq's to be a bit more finicky than the others. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Nick W > Sent: December 23, 2003 3:57 AM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] (no subject) > > > 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 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
