Re: [newbie] laptop from Hell Part 2

2003-08-24 Thread Scott
On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 22:21, Erylon Hines wrote: > O.K. Last week I installed 9.1 on a firends Compaq Presario 905us. After > installing expert with the "Linux noauto nomce noisapnp" switches I actually > got the install to complete, and everything worked but usb and the Realtek > 8139 card.

Re: [newbie] laptop from Hell

2003-08-15 Thread Erylon Hines
Good idea. If I can't get the rest of his stuff working next week (when I get the pos back), I'll give that a try. e. On Friday 15 August 2003 07:57 pm, ed tharp wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 18:28, Roland Cruse wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:28:59PM -0400, Erylon Hines wrote: > > > I

Re: [newbie] laptop from Hell

2003-08-15 Thread ed tharp
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 18:28, Roland Cruse wrote: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:28:59PM -0400, Erylon Hines wrote: > > I just finished (sort of) an install on a friends Compaq Presario 905US. He > > had tried multiple times, with multiple distros to get Linux on this machine, > > > > > Anyone el