[Tfug] Presario Install

[Ronald Sutherland]

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Dennis McCormick <
macsinitial65haus at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:16 PM, hharden71 at netzero.net
> <hharden71 at netzero.net> wrote:
> > I just purchased a Compaq Presario:
> > Dropped a live CD into it and booted into GRUB without a problem.
> > After loading the kernel and some of the drivers it choked and kicked me
> into a terminal.  With an error message that it couldn't identify the CD/DVD
> Rom.  I've never seen this before do any of you have a good idea how to
> overcome this obstacle?
> >
> > 2.0Ghz Intel Dual Core processor
> > 2 Gigs RAM
> > 500 MB SATA Hdd
> > CD/DVD writer SATA (I think - haven't cracked the case)
> >
> >....
> > Any help with this would be appreciated.
> > I tried:
> > XUbuntu 7.04
> > Backtrack Linux 3-Beta
> > Antix Mepis 6.5
> > Puppy 2.12
> > All had the same error.
> > Zenwalk 4.4.1 repartitioned the HDD but then failed in the same manner
> when it came time to install the OS.
> >
> Consider trying newer versions of distros, such as Ubuntu 8.04 or
> Puppy 4 or Sidux. AntiX-M7.01 is a later version than the 6.5. As
> hardly no SATA-equipped computers or servers have come through where I
> work on at World Care, I haven't had any chance to try my favorite
> distros to see if they detect such CD-ROM drives.
>
> Good luck, Dennis McCormick
>
I've seen this sort of thing a few times, its a total crap shoot if your OS
predates the Hardware, get the new ubuntu 8.04 and see if it recognizes your
system. If not then I vote put Vista back in, and wait for another batch of
distro updates, I think Vista may be stinking ripe around that point anyway.
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