[Sderby] Linux on a laptop.

[Gordon Mitchell]

Graham Hamblin wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have recently acquired a Hewlett Packard Omnibook 5700CT Pentium 1 
> 166Mhz  49meg memory and a 3ghz HD on which I am trying to install 
> Linux.
> 
> It will not boot from the CDrom and I have tried installing both 
> Slackware and Mandrake 9 without success.   I have tried every bbot 
> image in Slackware and the one from Mandrake and on every occasion the 
> boot process hangs at the Partition check: hda:   I have tried putting 
> the hda parameters in eg. hda=5968,16,63 the probed details of hda in 
> bios and that results in not being able to find a boot image to suit.
> 
> The thing currently has Windows ME on it, having used Linux exclusively 
> for about 10 years, I haven't the faintest idea about Windows.  
> 
> The question is should I just bin it or does anyone have any idea how to 
> get some sort of Linux system on it?   Of course all my older versions 
> which may have been useful have long gone, gifts mostly to encourage 
> others to the cause.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated and thanks in anticipation.
> 
> Graham
> 


Hi  Graham

I had a similar problem with a P133 desktop system, it would not boot 
from the cd's for SuSE, redhat, slackware etc.  However it would happly 
boot from cd's of DamSmallLinux and Morphix Light Gui.  Both are meant 
to run from the CD but can be installed to the harddisk.  I tried both 
but settled for Morphix.

Gordon

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