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Can't install Linux on my new Compaq Presario-HELP!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugene)
Fri Feb 16 09:35:13 2001
From: "Eugene" <eugenebienvenue@hotmail.com>
To: <linux-alert@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:48:41 -0500
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In as much as I can't find a support page or email contact for us poor =
shmos that want desperately to install Linux, but who are unable to, =
I've taken the liberty of writing here.=20
I have a Compaq 7PL287, running Windows ME, and have tried installing =
Linux RedHat and Mandrake for the last 1 1/2 months, with equal =
success-none to be exact.
When attempting to install RedHat, the installation proceeds to: running =
/sbin/loader, and then freezes there and nothing else happens!=20
I've tried everything I can think of: I installed Windows 98, thinking =
that it might be a ME problem. No dice. I've tried various .img files, =
all with the same result.
I hope that someone has some kind of idea for this thing. I suspect that =
you know who has made it such that a Linux install is impossible with =
this computer. If this is so, then the future of the Linux OS is at =
stake. If not, I would appreciate some sort of help here. My best friend =
is very Linux literate, and is at his wits end on this thing. He, by the =
way, has a smaller and slightly earlier version of my computer, and has =
had a dual boot thing going for over a year.
I mean, I'd be very happy to stick it to Gates and co., especially after =
they seem to have misplaced DOS ("We feel that consumers no longer need =
DOS" -a Compaq representative). My only fear is that he's stuck it to me =
first.=20
PLEASE HELP!
~Eugene Bienvenue
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In as much as I can't find a support =
page or email=20
contact for us poor shmos that want desperately to install Linux, but =
who are=20
unable to, I've taken the liberty of writing here. <BR>I have a Compaq =
7PL287,=20
running Windows ME, and have tried installing Linux RedHat and Mandrake =
for the=20
last 1 1/2 months, with equal success-none to be exact.<BR>When =
attempting to=20
install RedHat, the installation proceeds to: running /sbin/loader, and =
then=20
freezes there and nothing else happens! <BR>I've tried everything I can =
think=20
of: I installed Windows 98, thinking that it might be a ME problem. No =
dice.=20
I've tried various .img files, all with the same result.<BR>I =
hope that=20
someone has some kind of idea for this thing. I suspect =
that you=20
know who has made it such that a Linux install is impossible with =
this=20
computer. If this is so, then the future of the Linux OS is at stake. If =
not, I=20
would appreciate some sort of help here. My best friend is very Linux =
literate,=20
and is at his wits end on this thing. He, by the way, has a smaller and =
slightly=20
earlier version of my computer, and has had a dual boot thing going for =
over a=20
year.<BR>I mean, I'd be very happy to stick it to Gates and co., =
especially=20
after they seem to have misplaced DOS ("We feel that consumers no longer =
need=20
DOS" -a Compaq representative). My only fear is that he's stuck it to me =
first.=20
<BR>PLEASE HELP!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>~Eugene =
Bienvenue</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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