Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:41:42 -0400 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Some of us with older hardware might not be able to boot from cd. I don't know if it's a function of BIOS or cd drive or both, but I know mine won't boot from cd. Especially Comcrap, from personal experience. You can't

[newbie] laptop install problems

Hi, I've just downloaded the mandrake 9.1 ISO's, and I now want to install onto a compaq armarda laptop. I'm having problems because I can't boot from cd's, and the cd drive is interchangeable with the floppy drive. If I try to boot from the floppy, then switch drives, the cd drive isn't

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

On Saturday 23 Aug 2003 9:44 pm, Claire Suttle wrote: Hi, I've just downloaded the mandrake 9.1 ISO's, and I now want to install onto a compaq armarda laptop. I'm having problems because I can't boot from cd's, and the cd drive is interchangeable with the floppy drive. If I try to boot from

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

On 24 Aug 2003 14:55:52 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Aren't you able to specify in the BIOS what the default booting device is? Beatcha to it again mate... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ An idea is not responsible

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:36:52 +0200 Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Can't you just (auto)run the first CD from windows? Damn, d00d, that's not complicated enough! LOL! ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ There are no

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 11:15:24AM -0400, HaywireMac wrote: On 24 Aug 2003 14:55:52 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Aren't you able to specify in the BIOS what the default booting device is? Beatcha to it again mate... Some of us with older hardware might not be able to

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

Hello Todd, on Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:41:42 -0400GMT (24.08.03, 18:41 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Some of us with older hardware might not be able to boot from cd. I don't know if it's a function of BIOS or cd drive or both, but I know mine won't boot from cd. Neither

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

: [newbie] laptop install problems On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 9:01 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 23 Aug 2003 9:44 pm, Claire Suttle wrote: Hi, I've just downloaded the mandrake 9.1 ISO's, and I now want to install onto a compaq armarda laptop. I'm having problems because I can't

[newbie] Laptop install MDK 8.0

Hello I upgraded (full re-install) my desktop computer from MDK 7.2 to MDK 8.0. I am pleased with the later version, so I decided to upgrade my laptop computer. I have a TOSHIBA 435 CDS with a 120 MHz processor and 48 Meg RAM. It was so slow in MDK 7.1 LIN4WIN that it was useless. It was

Re: [newbie] laptop install

Hi! I have Mandrake 7.0-2 on an Inspiron 3800. I had some problems with the install but once I did the partioning manually everything worked fine. However, my machine (acquired in June last year) comes with a built-in Winmodem which is not supported by Mandrake 7.0-2. Same thing with the ESS

[newbie] laptop install

Hi All, I just put in a order for a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop. Has anybody tried Mandrake7.2 on this laptop,if so any thing I should know. Also it is setup with WinMe,will try a dual boot. Have a great day and thanks Robert F. Trettel

RE: [newbie] laptop install

as well. Good luck. Enjoy your new system! -Paul R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert F. Trettel Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] laptop install Hi All, I just put in a order for a Dell

RE: [newbie] laptop install

- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert F. Trettel Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] laptop install Hi All, I just put in a order for a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop. Has anybody tried Mandrake7.2 on this laptop,if so

RE: [newbie] laptop install

D] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Rodrguez Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 11:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] laptop install I have an Inspiron and it works great under linux. Dell is starting to do a better job as far as supporting linux (unoficially). While they won

[newbie] Laptop Install

Hi, I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on a Mitac 5026 laptop but installation halts at the mouse probing stage. It says 'probing found some type of PS/2 on port ps aux' then hangs and can only be hard reset. This laptop has had Redhat 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 previously installed with no problems.