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Old 01-22-2010, 02:30 PM   #1
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Not installing Redhot Linux Ver4 on Compaq EVO laptop (old)


Not installing Redhat Linux Ver4 on Compaq EVO laptop (old). Display the error, when booting with Linux OS CDROM. Any help appreciated. The laptop have 2GB of RAM. 40GB of Harddrive.
 
Old 01-23-2010, 06:48 AM   #2
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That's an ancient distribution of Linux. Despite the age of your laptop, you would be much better off with a modern distribution.
 
Old 01-23-2010, 07:25 AM   #3
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Display the error, when booting with Linux OS CDROM.
Display WHAT error? Please give details.

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That's an ancient distribution of Linux
Any chance you meant RedHat Enterprise (RHEL)? Even so, version 4 is still old.
 
  


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