INstalling Linux on an old Compaq

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Post #198,087 by Arkadiy 3/11/05 4:59:29 PM Reply	INstalling Linux on an old Compaq Ubuntu, to be specific... About 30 seconds after pressing <enter> at "boot:" prompt, I get into a mode with black screen on which I see words "segmentation fault". If I look really close, I can see that periodically the screen is scrolled up and the words "FATAL: module HID not found" blink by. Any ideas? -- And what are we doing when the two most powerful nations on earth -- America and Israel -- stomp on the elementary rights of human beings? -- letter to the editor from W. Ostermeier, Liechtenstein
Post #198,108 by n3jja 3/11/05 6:41:35 PM Reply	"old Compaq" what? Persario? Good luck! Most enterprise Compaqs are tolerable. Persarios are the work of the devil. I have Mandrake installed on an old Armada M700. Never had any trouble. Most people I've known who try it with Persarios, pull their hair out.
Post #198,122 by bepatient 3/11/05 9:19:02 PM Reply	Switched mine over to debian, btw but mandrake ran well on it. keeping current was a pita...hence the switch If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #198,192 by n3jja 3/12/05 10:59:49 AM 3/12/05 11:03:25 AM Reply	Keeping current? WTF is that? ;-) If I wanted to be current, I'd stop using OS/2. :-) Edited by n3jja March 12, 2005, 11:03:25 AM EST Expand All History
Post #198,215 by Arkadiy 3/12/05 3:15:29 PM 3/14/05 9:52:15 AM Reply	The problem must have been in CDs Burned it on cdrw, and now it's running Update: spoke too soon. Errors mid-install, different errors every time I re-burn the CD. Either the burner or the reader are no good. I'll try Debian NetInstall... Update: Thorough de-dusting and Net Installer from floppies carry the day. I now have Postgres running, database copied, Ruby-on-Rails installed. apt-get is AMAZING. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! -- And what are we doing when the two most powerful nations on earth -- America and Israel -- stomp on the elementary rights of human beings? -- letter to the editor from W. Ostermeier, Liechtenstein Edited by Arkadiy March 13, 2005, 09:57:20 PM EST Edited by Arkadiy March 14, 2005, 09:52:15 AM EST Expand All History

INstalling Linux on an old Compaq - (Arkadiy) - (4) - March 11, 2005, 04:59:29 PM EST

"old Compaq" what? Persario? Good luck! - (n3jja) - (2) - March 11, 2005, 06:41:35 PM EST

Switched mine over to debian, btw - (bepatient) - (1) - March 11, 2005, 09:19:02 PM EST

Keeping current? WTF is that? ;-) - (n3jja) - March 12, 2005, 11:03:25 AM EST

The problem must have been in CDs - (Arkadiy) - March 14, 2005, 09:52:15 AM EST

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