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Old 12-22-2003, 11:31 AM   #1
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Mandrake 9.2 on Alienware Area 51-m

Okay, got a brand new Alienware laptop (so nice, especially since my dad paid) and I want to install Mandrake Linux 9.2 on it. I have the discs, and I boot from Disc 1. Hit enter to install, it loads the kernel, and while going through everything it freezes at the same spot every single time, right after it says

hda: attached ide-disk driver

so i waited, and waited, and after two hours it was still there, unresponsive, so I can here, hoping for suggestions.
 
Old 12-31-2003, 04:41 PM   #2
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Use Redhat or Suse instead of mandrake.
 
Old 12-31-2003, 04:52 PM   #3
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which would u recommend?
 
Old 12-31-2003, 05:48 PM   #4
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Try Fedora.. Suse costs money. Check the Linux on laptops website to see if someone else with your laptop has had problems. If a page doesn't exist then you should make a page for Linux on laptops.
 
Old 12-31-2003, 05:57 PM   #5
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well im a complete noob so should i try getting suse froma friend i know that has it or something else?
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:01 PM   #6
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You could do that. It's a personal choice.
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:03 PM   #7
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is fedora newbie friendly? ive heard suses YaST program is really good
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:05 PM   #8
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Fedora is based on RedHat. It is pretty easy to operate. If you get confused on something there are people around to help.

Did you find a page about your laptop on linux for laptops?
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:09 PM   #9
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can you gimme a link ive never heard of it
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:11 PM   #10
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http://www.linux-laptop.net/
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:31 PM   #11
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they dont have alienwares
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:33 PM   #12
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You might want to make a virtual machine and test the distros to see which likes your hardware.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/v...oads/trial.asp
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:34 PM   #13
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Also document what happens so you can make a page for other Alienware owners.
 
Old 12-31-2003, 06:53 PM   #14
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ill try that out, it will be a while before I get to do it now, i had to send it back, the LCD backlight switch was broke.
 
  


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