wakish Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hey everyone. I'm trying to install Mandriva 2008 (32-bit) on Dell Studio 1537 (core 2 duo - radeon HD), but i'm having a problem: I can boot the installation DVD, I select installation. The kernel loads, then after I get a black popup saying "No CDROM found". So, I cannot install linux. Since I'm not a windows fan, this is a big issue for me now. I need to get a linux distro on this laptop. Can anyone help please? I have not tried Mandriva 2009 yet. May be OpenSuse will do fine with this laptop? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux99 Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Just a wild guess, but maybe try to change the SATA mode in the BIOS to legacy (or compatible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakish Posted April 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Just a wild guess, but maybe try to change the SATA mode in the BIOS to legacy (or compatible). I already tried this, but no result. I have got ubuntu from a friend, it works pretty good. But I'm more familiar with rpm based nix. I just wished mandriva could have worked fine here.. too bad. Anyway.. lets hope for a better future ;) tux99, thanks for droping by and trying to help, it\s appreciated. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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