[Novalug] new OS for old hdw

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Thu Jan 31 11:08:27 EST 2008


You could also try setting the BIOS settings back to default...

Jay

> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Ed James wrote:
>
>> I found a site where somebody put linux with a 2.2.16 kernel
>> onto that same model - perhaps the problem isn't the
>> distribution, but the kernel version itself?
>
>  	That is certainly what the error message means. But now
> it refuses to look at anything in the CD drive, even though I do
> hear that spin.
>
>> I found a site testing HP machines with Ubuntu, and your
>> machine seems okay with "Dapper"...
>>
>>  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HewlettPackard
>>
>> I have no clue what flavors will work, but Dapper is pretty
>> old, compared to Edgy, Feisty, Gutsy, and Hardy.
>>
>> Best shot - try the dustiest install CD you can find?
>
>  	I must have had a neatness fit recently : all my old
> install CDs are gone. You might know it.
>
>  	But I did find a pair from RedHat 6 For Dummies -- and
> even that gets only the wrong-kernel message. Surely that, if
> nothing else, proves it isn't even seeing its own CD drive any
> more??
>
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