[wplug] Finally!!!!! Web site correction< http://www.linux-laptop.net/>

[Plamen Karagyozov]

On Wednesday 05 February 2003 01:06 am, Bob Schmertz wrote:
> Please consider making a Web page of this; it looks very useful and
> fairly thorough.  There is a website called http://www.linux-laptop.net/
> that is an unofficial database for just such information.  See if you
> can get in contact with the maintainers of that site and have them link
> to your page.  Don't worry if it's not perfect, just throw in whatever
> disclaimers make you comfortable.  Sounds like this is not a good laptop
> to buy if you're planning to put Linux on it, but sometimes people find
> themselves in situations like yours, where they already have the laptop
> and decide on Linux later.  In this case, some information is better
> than none.
>
> On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 13:19, Roc&Jes wrote:
> > Well it took us about a month but we finally did it.  We got RH 8.0 on a
> > Compaq Presario 900Z and it works great!!  We would like to thank all of
> > you who gave us your input and helped us out.  So for those who are still
> > out there with this problem, here is exactly what we did to get it
> > working.
> >
> > First you need to change your BIOS to boot from the CD-rom.  Put the cd
> > in and reboot.  When the menu screen first comes up hit      F4 Kernel
> >
> > Then at the boot prompt type    linux pci=off
> > It will start the installation from there. When it comes time to choose
> > your boot, keep GRUB and at the bottom click on the box for ADVANCED BOOT
> > OPTIONS.
> >
> > Keep the kernel command and add this after  SCSI,        noisapnp nousb
> > pci=conf2 Click next and the installation should be a breeze.
> >
> > When the system reboots after the packages are installed it will ask you
> > for your monitor. Choose VESA generic for the monitor and for the model
> > choose   COMPAQ and then go into that and choose COMPAQP900 COLOR
> > MONITOR.
> >
> > DO NOT TOUCH THE SOUND TEST BUTTON.  It might lock it up. In earlier
> > attempts to install, when clicked, it locked up the whole system.  (So we
> > never touch it).  Besides, you wont have any sound anyway.
> >
> > From there, there should be no problems running the program.  Other than
> > the little quirks, it runs flawlessly.
> >
> > The only problem we seem to have found, is that when we go to shut the
> > system down, it puts the computer into sleep mode but the screen stays
> > on. We need to unplug the computer to totally shut it off.  If anyone can
> > solve this little problem let us know.  :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks again to everyone who helped us.  :)
> >
> > Jessica & Rocco Cataldi