[wplug] linux on a laptop

[Roc&Jes]

Hello :)  Ok we are trying to install Red Hat 8.0 and the cd rom is not
external its built in.  What we would like to do is install the entire Red
Hat like on the desktop.  My husband changed the boot to boot off the cd
rom.  It boots up and read everything and then you get the Linux menu and
then press enter, then it goes to regular screen and asks for the language
and country and then stops, looking for the cd.  He said that the cd stops
working before that like its looking for the PC card.

Thanks for the input! :)

Jessica C.


----- Original Message -----
From: J Aaron Farr <jaaronfarr at yahoo.com>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [wplug] linux on a laptop


> Welcome to WPLUG
>
> [comments inline below]
>
> --- Roc&Jes <pebble at pennswoods.net> 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.
> >
> > Ive already looked at the website "Linux on Laptops" but they did not
have
> > our model.  Ive also contacted Chris DiBona of OSDN but they are not
sure
> > they can help and suggested finding a LUG here in western PA.
> >
> > If anyone can help, it is much appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Jessica Cataldi
> >
>
> Okay, first off, which Distribution are you installing?  Red Hat? SuSE,
Debian?
>
> Also, I'm taking it that the CD-ROM is external?  Could you clarify a
little?
>
> Thanks,
> jaaron
>
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