[Novalug] EeMachine mini tower EL1200-05w anyone ever put linux on one?
Bonnie Dalzell
bdalzell@qis.net
Sun Jul 29 11:09:56 EDT 2012
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012, Clif Flynt wrote:
> Hi,
> You might be able to down-grade the graphics to a VESA driver,
> instead of the presumed-buggy nvidia driver.
>
> Also, while the open source nvidia drivers have various issues, you
> can also download a driver from nvidia. I've sometimes had to
> back-track a few drivers to find one that will work with particularly
> flaky hardware.
>
> If you have a spare drive, I'd install a potential Linux on
> that and then tweak the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (possibly stealing
> one from another machine), or install the non-OSS nvidia drivers.
>
a suggestion worth trying. thanks
right now i do not have a spare SATA drive. I want one for purposes of
experimentation. found one for $29 at Nexttag -an 80 GB one at. Hmm looks
like a drive for a laptop. I guess i need to check the ancient spare
laptop i have to see if the connectors on its drive match the sata
connectors in the eMachine.
> Once you're sure things work, you can re-do the installation on
> the real disk.
>
> (Or just give in and declare the old windows system toast, and start
> installing over it, or try partition magic, or other variants.)
>
i have thought of that option - but I was afraid if it failed - it would
make the computer have no value as a trade in. at least now it presents
itself as having a windows install even though it does not boot cause
of the hal.dll problem.
> Clif
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