Audioslave - 7M3 - Live wrote:
I am trying to install inux (any type with GNOME). I tried to install RHL on the machine and there was no intetractivity with the keyboard.
I also tried to install Mandrake 9.1, mainly to use their trick with downsizing an existing XP partition. ( This part worked out alright.)
The Mandrake installation seemed to go alright. It would not successfully boot though. It would lock up on PCMCIA. The keyboard was unresponsive. Also, if I tried to go into rescue mode, it would be unresponsive also.
The laptop model is an HP ze4315us
My main question is about bothering to download RHL9. Would it work with this particular or similar models of laptops? I never downloaded the disks for RH9, but have it installed on a few Pentium machines, successfully. This is my first attempt with an AMD microprocessor. Does it deal with keyboard interfaces differently than one with an Intel processor?
Thanks,
Jim
I ran into similar issues with an HP ze4325us, see my web page at
http://www.matts-workshop.com/hp_ze4325us_rh9.shtml for suggestions.
Hopefully my page will get added to http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html at some point...
Matt
Thanks for the link to the page. I'd like to get Linux up and running on this machine. Running XP is too boring and vacant for my desires.
I'm glad that I payed attention to someone who suggested Mandrake's disk resizing tool. It worked like a champ. It's the same, but XP has less disk space.
Mandrake installed, recognized all of my hardware. (soundcard, video card, network card, etc.) But without a keyboard (external PS2 and builtin not functioning), it was pretty darn useless.
What confused me the most was that I had a functional keyboard throughout the install process, but lost it after the grub loader, on the installed system.
I couldn't believe that it loaded linux init 1 and left me stranded. The same thing happened with the rescue mode.
I tried to install RHL8 first. I thought that the program seized (locking up on the media check). That is why I tried Mandrake. After Mandrake bombed out also, I realized it was the keyboard not functioning with both systems.
I hope your page is helpful.
Jim
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