[wplug] linux on a laptop

[Keir Josephson]

I've also had problems with getting laptops to boot off some of the newer
red hat cd's. If you have a floppy drive, you can load the red hat cd
with Windows and use the DOS utilities to create a boot disk. Boot from
the floppy and it will find the cdrom so it can correctly run the 8.0
installer.

-Keir

On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Roc&Jes wrote:

> 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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