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01-22-2005, 09:02 AM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Kolkata, India
Distribution: Red Hat 9
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Installing red hat 9 on compaq presario
I want to install Red Hat 9 on a compaq presario laptop. When I start the installation, it hangs. What to do about it. Is any other distro recommended for laptops?
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01-22-2005, 01:18 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2003
Location: INDIA
Distribution: Ubuntu, Solaris,CentOS
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check ur CDs for media
try out with different CDs
there should not be any problem with redhat 9.0 on compaq
also ,mandrake 10.X is good
regards
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01-22-2005, 10:17 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Wollongong, Australia
Distribution: SUSE 9.1
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Firewire and Compaq
I don't know about Red Hat but there is an issue around the firewire and legacy USB support options in the BIOS that can cause a hang. I had problems installing SUSE 9.1 on my Compaq Presario 2500 and disabling legacy USB support appeared to help... however I'm very new at this so I suggest you do your own research! Basically it's possible to get past this issue one way or another.
PS SUSE 9.1 works ok on a Presario 2500 with the exception of the IR port, which I haven't been able to get working yet. However I can't see why Red Hat shouldn't work for you either???
Regards, James
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01-22-2005, 10:51 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2003
Location: INDIA
Distribution: Ubuntu, Solaris,CentOS
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as far as i know compaq people test their hardware for linux support with redhat Linux
so u should not have any problem with that
regards
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