Jorrit:
As far as I know.. The DVD-ROM can not be used to install Linux and I do not know of a
fix. I had the same problem with Red Hat. Just do a ftp install or copy the disk to
your
hard drive in dos.
Good luck..
Jason
Jorrit Tyberghein wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My friend has a Dell Inspiron 3200 portable and we tried to install
> Linux on it. Here are the specs:
>
> The system:
> - Inspiron 3200
> - 144M RAM
> - DVD (Torison DRD-N216)
> - P-II 266MHz
> - Triton
> - Phoenix Bios 4.0 Release 6.0
>
> The Linux:
> - OpenLinux Caldera 1.2
> - kernel 2.0.33
>
> We tried the install script from Caldera (booted from the CD-ROM). This
> worked at first. The install script seemed to be able to correctly identify most
> hardware (including the DVD/CD-ROM which we needed of course).
>
> But after a little time installing suddenly the install would freeze. It did not
>really
> stop but it was as if everything was in slowmotion. I switched to another virtual
> console and logged on. But everything was slowmotion there as well.
>
> We tried this a few times but everytime with the same result. Finally I booted
> again from the install CD-ROM but instead of installing I just logged in as root.
> I was planning to copy all files from the CD-ROM to the HD. I mounted the
> already formatted ext2 partition and the CD-ROM and started to copy. At first this
> seemed to work but then the computer went to slow-motion again. This means
> that it is not the install-script that is causing this.
>
> For me it looks as if the processor is going into sleep-mode (very low speed) after
> a while. Maybe it doesn't detect that Linux is using the processor. I'm only guessing
> here. We went to the BIOS setup but all power saving features were disabled.
>
> So I'm out of clues. Can anyone help us please?
>
> Greetings,
>
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