[wplug] linux on a laptop

Russ Schneider russpgh at stargate.net
Sat Feb 1 15:53:13 EST 2003


Roc&Jes wrote:

> Hello there.  My name is Jessica.  My husband and I are having a 
> problem installing Linux on our laptop.  It is a Compaq Presario 900Z 
> which came with Windows XP already installed.  We wanted to do a dual 
> boot like our desktop but it seems to get hung up on the PC card.  
> After we select the language and the country, it goes to install and 
> then we get an error message saying that the Linux cd is not in the cd 
> rom when it is.
>

Try this:
http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/~kumarv/compaq.html

 From a quick search on Google, it seems lots of people have had similar 
troubles.

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Russ Schneider (a.k.a. Sugapablo)
http://www.sugapablo.com






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