[Sderby] Re: Sderby Digest, Vol 13, Issue 2
Gordon Mitchell
gm at ftel.co.uk
Tue Dec 16 16:27:31 GMT 2003
Daniel S. Kennedy wrote:
> Ah, now, the reason I didn't say before is because I didn't wanna load
> you all down with facts that you didn't need (or maybe you did).
>
> The laptop is a :
> Mitak Minote 6200T
> P3 500Mhz (Coppermine)
> 128Mb SDRAM
> ATI Mach64 8MB GFX card
> Hitachi 6184 Mb (6Gb) HDD
> TEAC 12x CD-ROM
>
> I get no error messages, as the laptop just hangs after I get the
> initial LILO messages (the display goes blank, after the message
> 'Loading /sbin/loader')
> This occurs even in text mode install, and I have tried all the other
> options for install.
>
> I also had this problem with RedHat 9 when I tried it..
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dani
>
Although the following link is not for your exact laptop there maybe
some useful tips on getting RH to install.
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/mitac.html
Regards
Gordon
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> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:36:20 +0000 (GMT)
> From: " Daniel S. Kennedy "
> Subject: [Sderby] Introductions ....
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> First off, greetings seem in order, so hi ;)
>
> I'm a relative newbie to Linux, currently running a rehashed version
> of Debian 3 called Morphix (for those of us that have actually used
> it, I am running the KDE-0.41 version). I live just within the
> county (Stanton, near Swad) and I think that I may actually be the
> only Linux user for miles ;)
>
> Apart from Morphix, I have a /proper/ version of Debian (3.0r1 SPARC
> port) running on a Sun Ultra 5 as my webserver (which will be
> serving something soon, I swear ;)).
>
> Now, a question for y'all.
>
> 1. Any ideas why Fedora won't even install on the laptop? (the one
> running Morphix)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Spirit / Daniel Kennedy
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> breakfast."
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> Lewis Carroll
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> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:40:56 +0000
> From: Mike Hemstock
> Subject: Re: [Sderby] Introductions ....
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> On Monday 15 December 2003 12:36, Daniel S. Kennedy wrote:
> > First off, greetings seem in order, so hi ;)
> >
> > I'm a relative newbie to Linux, currently running a rehashed
> version of
> > Debian 3 called Morphix (for those of us that have actually used
> it, I am
> > running the KDE-0.41 version). I live just within the county
> (Stanton, near
> > Swad) and I think that I may actually be the only Linux user for
> miles ;)
> >
> > Apart from Morphix, I have a /proper/ version of Debian (3.0r1
> SPARC port)
> > running on a Sun Ultra 5 as my webserver (which will be serving
> something
> > soon, I swear ;)).
> >
> > Now, a question for y'all.
> >
> > 1. Any ideas why Fedora won't even install on the laptop? (the
> one running
> > Morphix)
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Spirit / Daniel Kennedy
>
> Dan,
>
> Do you have any other info about the problem? What hardware are you
> using?
> What error messages are you getting? Where is it going wrong?
>
> Mike.
>
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