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Re: Can't install Linux on my new Compaq Presario-HELP!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Duncan)
Mon Feb 19 08:25:25 2001
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From: "Michael Duncan" <mduncan@netcentral.com.au>
To: "Eugene" <eugenebienvenue@hotmail.com>
Cc: <linux-alert@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:25:49 -0800
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Eugene,
I got this message from a linux-alert list, I beleive I know what =
problem you are having, as i have experienced it before. Beleive it or =
not it is a problem with the cdrom drive, If you are technically capable =
and can get hold of another cdrom just to install linux, you should try =
that.
I have seen linux installs hang quite a few times at /sbin/loader simply =
because of the cdrom, i dont know the reason for this but changing the =
cdrom drive has always worked for me.
I was once a computer technician doing compaq warranty repairs, and thus =
collected alot of different cdroms. Thats how i came about the problem.
Hope this helps,
Michael Duncan
mduncan@netcentral.com.au
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Eugene=20
To: linux-alert@redhat.com=20
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: Can't install Linux on my new Compaq Presario-HELP!
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>Eugene,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I got this message from a linux-alert =
list, I=20
beleive I know what problem you are having, as i have experienced it =
before.=20
Beleive it or not it is a problem with the cdrom drive, If you are =
technically=20
capable and can get hold of another cdrom just to install linux, you =
should try=20
that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have seen linux installs hang quite a =
few times=20
at /sbin/loader simply because of the cdrom, i dont know the reason for =
this but=20
changing the cdrom drive has always worked for me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was once a computer technician doing =
compaq=20
warranty repairs, and thus collected alot of different cdroms. Thats how =
i came=20
about the problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hope this helps,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Michael Duncan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:mduncan@netcentral.com.au">mduncan@netcentral.com.au</A></=
FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<A title=3Deugenebienvenue@hotmail.com=20
href=3D"mailto:eugenebienvenue@hotmail.com">Eugene</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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href=3D"mailto:linux-alert@redhat.com">linux-alert@redhat.com</A> =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 15, =
2001 10:48=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Can't install Linux on =
my new=20
Compaq Presario-HELP!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In as much as I can't find a support =
page or=20
email contact for us poor shmos that want desperately to install =
Linux, but=20
who are unable to, I've taken the liberty of writing here. <BR>I have =
a Compaq=20
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=20
exact.<BR>When attempting to install RedHat, the installation proceeds =
to:=20
running /sbin/loader, and then freezes there and nothing else happens! =
<BR>I've tried everything I can think of: I installed Windows 98, =
thinking=20
that it might be a ME problem. No dice. I've tried various .img files, =
all=20
with the same result.<BR>I hope that someone has some kind =
of idea=20
for this thing. I suspect that you know who has made =
it such=20
that a Linux install is impossible with this computer. If this is so, =
then the=20
future of the Linux OS is at stake. If not, I would appreciate some =
sort of=20
help here. My best friend is very Linux literate, and is at his wits =
end on=20
this thing. He, by the way, has a smaller and slightly earlier version =
of my=20
computer, and has had a dual boot thing going for over a year.<BR>I =
mean, I'd=20
be very happy to stick it to Gates and co., especially after they seem =
to have=20
misplaced DOS ("We feel that consumers no longer need DOS" -a Compaq=20
representative). My only fear is that he's stuck it to me first. =
<BR>PLEASE=20
HELP!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>~Eugene=20
Bienvenue</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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