[expert] Dell Inspiron 3200 Installation Problems

2003-11-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
I just got this machine, and it seems like a nice solid machine, with a Pentium 2 266MHz, 144 Mb RAM in trade from an acquaintance. It seems like a great little laptop to put linux on, and I am having a little problem that I can't quite figure out. My initial plan was to set it up to boot off

Re: [expert] Dell Inspiron 3200 Installation Problems

2003-11-08 Thread Kwan Lowe
Now, in thinking about the problem, it would seem that there is some problem with how the ide drivers attempt to attach to the CDROM. Or is it that the download images are different from the purchased CDs? Does anybody have any ideas with this problem? Has anybody successfully installed

Re: [expert] Dell Inspiron 3200 Installation Problems

2003-11-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 08 November 2003 3:05 pm, Kwan Lowe wrote: Some CD readers have problems with burned disks. The 3200 is new enough that this shouldn't be a problem, but you can't always be sure. Once it's installed, can you try mounting the burned disks? You can also try doing an FTP/HTTP