Hello,

My (new) Dell Vostro 1000 can't install linux. Thes are my specs:

Processor AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 Dual Core . (1.8 GHz 512K)
Memory 2 GB 533 MHz DDR2 Memory (2 x 1 GB, 1 bank available)
Hard Drive 80 GB serial ATA (5.400 rpm) Hard Drive
Optical Storage 8x DVD+/-RW Drive with software
Graphics ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 (shared memory)
Ethernet Integrated network card
Wireless Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g (54 Mbps)
Modem Integrated 56K modem
Audio Integrated Stereo Speakers
Power Supply 65 Watt AC Adapter
Battery 6 cell 53 WHr Smart Li-Ion Primary Battery
Carrying Case No Carrying Case
Keyboard Belgium Internal Keyboard (Azerty)
I/O Ports 4 x USB, VGA, PCMCIA, microphone, headphone, RJ-11, RJ-45, AC power
Memory Card Reader 3-in-1 Memory Card Reader (SD/SDIO/MMC)

I tried to install Slackware 10.2 ; 11.0 and 12.0 on my laptop, but after typing "cfdisk", he answered:

"opened disk read-only - you have no permission to write"

I also tried to install debian and Kubuntu, but these distro's gave also errors about my hda.

I've also formatted my hd with "Paragon partition manager" to:

hda1 --- NTFS
hda2 --- ext3
hda3 --- ext3
hda4 --- swap

but i got the same errors.

I think I've tried everything I know, but I can't solve this issue.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Since is a SATA disk, I thought you should be seeing sda instead of hda. Can you produce your dmesg output?

Are you sure your hard disk is at /dev/hda? Check dmesg.

Brian

I'll post it after downloading (and running) a live-cd.

I've booted the latest SLAX and DSL disks, but they stop loading the kernel after a while.

I also tried to install a fedora core version (ca. a year old), but it said "I can't find a proper medium to install fedora core -- no hd found."

So wasn't able to do the "dmesg" command.

It's a SATA disk, so if I would be able to read the fstab, should I see (for example):

sda1 --- NTFS
sda2 --- EXT3
sda3 --- swap

??

I think I've got to load some kind of module...

Is there any person with experience or ideas, it would be a great help!

Thanks.

I don't quite understand. In your original post you said "after typing cfdisk...". Where did you type cfdisk if you were not able to boot the install disk?

I could boot the slackware disks, but not the live disks. During (before) the slackware instalation, cfdisk said that he couldn't find a harddisk.

I couldn't give the demesg-output, because I couldn't boot the live-cd's.

btw. vista and xp work perfectly on the laptot, so the harddisk is not corrupt.

Forget the live cds, just use the Slackware install disk. After booting, type "fdisk -l" to find out what /dev your harddisk is on.

Brian

Problem solved.

I booted the huge.s kernel (slackware 12.0 DVD), and did:

The strange thing is that I did the same thing with the sata.I kernel (Slackware 11.0), but then cfdisk said there was no such device... Had to use a newer kernel.

I've got some other problems now, but I'll make a new thread for that.

Greets!