Laptops :: HP Pavilion problem - can't boot from Live CD

Still nothing, I'm afraid. Tried adding an enormous list of hardware options but nothing happened except it took the machine rather longer to process them before going on to crash as normal.

To be honest, even if I do find some obscure combination that works, I very much doubt it'll be working like I want it, and my computer skills aren't up to putting it all back together once it's loaded. I think I'll see if I can find a different distro and pass my live CD onto someone who can make it work.

Thanks very much for all your suggestions, guys, let's hope my machine likes some of the other things out there...

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