stevewabc
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Posted: Aug. 26 2005,02:33 |
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| Quote (luibh @ Aug. 20 2005,00:29) | i currently have xp running on my hp laptop. i had previously been running fc3 but due to wireless problems, i reluctantly switched back to xp. now i want to play with damn small linux with a new wireless card to see if i can get it functioning (and just to keep my linux skills up).
my problem is, my laptop boots from the cd and brings up the boot: prompt. i simply press enter (which ive done with dsl many times before) but now the screen turns black and the computer just sits there. does nothing.
i thought it was the cd. so i tried a cd from an older version that i know functioned before, and it did the same thing. so i tried knoppix. did the same thing. ive tried all these disks in my work desktop, and they boot fine. i would like to work with dsl and try the new versions but i have no idea why my computer wont boot normally. |
ok lets see If I can help on this for I run a Compaq, first you will need to go into the bios and turn off your shit I for got now what it is called, mind block be right back let me check... as for the wireless if it is a newer laptop with a mini-pci card its most likly a broadcom an works fine with linux using ndiswrapper or you can do as I did and go on ebay and pick 1 up for $40.00 (atheros works well with linux not to well with fedora for some reason but works).
be right back 
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