DarkVejita

I know that with my Dell Inspiron, I had to go into the BIOS and set the display to LCD Mode. If I had it in 'Simul Mode' (CRT and LCD at the same time), it would cause problems like this. I have an Nvidia card, but since this is probably BIOS based, it shouldn't make a difference. Give it a try.... YMMV. Vejita

I don't think it is a bad disc download. Instead, he stated that he copied the .iso file to the disc, which is why it isn't booting. If you create the disc from an image (or in Nero, try Burn CD Image), it should work just fine. I made this mistake in the past as well. It is a common rookie mistake to make. Vejita

I have had this problem on older laptops as well. If you can, I would try and boot from any other bootable CD (I typically make a standard one in Nero or similar burning programs first). If you make a bootable disc, burn at as slow of a speed as possible. Some older drives can't read the pits burned to a disc if it is done too fast. If you can only get to a dos prompt (C:\), you don't want to format the drive until you can find a way to boot to CD. However, if you can see the CD rom in DOS mode, you might be able to use a dos install method, check out http://www.tldp.org/ (the Linux Documentation Project), as I believe it has information on doing this. Also, I am sure that others here can give you assistance. Can you read the CD from the dos prompt? (check for dos drivers on the harddrive). Hope this gets you pointed in the right direction. Vejita

Which wireless PC Card are you trying to install on the laptop?

Hmm... I just did a default installation of MDK 9.2, downloaded the new driver from Nvidia and ran the installer, and it went fine. With your issue, though, could it be that the power cord is disconnected, so it isn't finding the correct ID for the card, and therefore can't associate it as an nvidia chip? What is the reason for having the card unplugged? Also, if the 4496 driver went through fine, have you tried removing it first, then going to the new driver? Sometimes that makes a difference, even if the installer is supposed to remove it for you. I have had problems with their installer in the past, with that being the cause.

I know I just posted a moment ago about my inspiron and battery life, but I also wanted to ask if anyone has gotten the Linksys WPC54G wireless PC Card working on a Mandrake installation. I have heard that you can get an NDIS wrapper from linuxant, as well as one from ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net but haven't tried them yet. The Linuxant one costs, so I want to make sure it will work first, and the ndiswrapper one on sourceforge seems to contradict itself on whether or not this card is supported. Has anyone tried? If so, what were your results? What steps did you follow (FAQ, Whitepaper, or if you want, type them out)? Thank you, Vejita

Does anyone have information on getting the battery display working in either KDE or GNOME for an inspiron 2650? I have searched the net, and most of the information is outdated, so I don't know if people have given up on this venture or not. I am trying to get MDK 9.2 installed on my Inspiron 2650 laptop and having no joy with this. Since I am on battery a lot, having something tell me how much time/power I have left would be nice.

Hello... I know I am new here, and to installing MDK on my laptop (which has a Conexant based WinModem in it), but I have found that conexant has drivers on their website for the modem. It seems to work with KPPP on my Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop. Have you given those a go?