studmuffin007 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 help please i am very very new to linux and when i go to install mandriva my laptop locks up its only when i remove the wireless card do i get anywhere this is the laptop i have http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/ind...e&pn=PB12W00101 any help please why i am gettting this problem thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Try booting the Mandriva CD with a "nopcmcia" argument. After installing you can re-enable your cardbus socket. I guess you will also have some trouble making the soundchip working, but this is a problem for later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Try booting the Mandriva CD with a "nopcmcia" argument. After installing you can re-enable your cardbus socket. how do i do that? and it wont let me install on my D drive (60gig) it tells me i only have 256mb of space why? ore shall i try suse? thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) When the installation CD pops up the first screen, press esc and then type in linux nopcmcia How is your harddrive partitioned? Assuming you have given the correct model you must have a 20 GB partition with Ex-Pee installed, and some 60 GB formatted as either NTFS or FAT32, or not? There's not much difference between Mandriva and OpenSuSE, both follow the same 'newbie-friendly" philosophy. Edited May 23, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 i partitioned my HD with partition magic as an NTF file system i have given the correct model as i had to flash the bios in case of a problem there i will try what you have advised thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 If it tells you you only have 256MB of space free, trying another distro won't help. Are you sure you partitioned it correctly and allowed enough space free to install? Can you give us some more information on the partitions and sizes, maybe a screenshot too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 If it tells you you only have 256MB of space free, trying another distro won't help. Are you sure you partitioned it correctly and allowed enough space free to install? Can you give us some more information on the partitions and sizes, maybe a screenshot too? how do i attach a screen dump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 You can copy and paste the text if in KDE/Gnome, if not, you can do this to send the info to a file from the command line: fdisk -l > /home/username/partitions this will list the partitions, but replace "username" with your user login name that you created. And: df > /home/username/diskspace will list the disk space free for us on active partitions. Also, under multimedia/graphics there should be something called ksnapshot which takes graphical pictures for you to attach as jpegs here if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 thank 4 that but i have to use my win xp install to access the net i have just again tried to do an install and it froze due to my wireless card (which it seems to do every time) then when i point it to the D:\ drive for the install it formats then resizes it and still informs me i only have 256mb of space to install the OS on any reason why? thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 During the installation you should select custom disk partitioning (or whatever that option is called). You will then see a layout of all your partitions. You can then delete, resize, etc. If you set up a big NTFS partition with Partition Magic and opted to install Linux on the free space you will be stuck. You should make note of what the installation partition manager says you have and report back if you remain stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
congdonb Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 (edited) PDR60 has a good how-to on doing a first time install of Mandriva Linux at: http://www.linuxloader.com/ Cheers, Bill Edited January 15, 2007 by congdonb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 PRD60 has a good how-to on doing a first time install of Mandriva Linux at:http://www.linuxloader.com/ Cheers, Bill thanks 4 that i finally got it on by letting it partition my D drive into 2 partitions not tried it out as my wireless card no doubt will continue to cause me no end of problems thanks ps whats best under mandriva wireless or external broadband modem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Is there any linux os that will run on my laptop every one i try seems to failthey all work on my tower but i am stuffed if i know how to configer it fo the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Which distro have you tested already on your laptop with which result? ps whats best under mandriva wireless or external broadband modem It depends on the wireless device you have and the modem you have. Not all manufacturers are 100% compatible. So... details, please. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin007 Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I have tried suse live mandriva live and installed ubuntu live (just waiting on delivery of full package) i have installed mandriva fully debian that failed compleatly on both PC's and they all freeze up if the wireless card is in the pc or inserted once there up and running ive tried linux xp desktop on the pc (failed probably cos its on a cdrw) about to try it on the laptop i know a lot of probs on the laptop are caused by the wireless card and as for the make of the wireless card the best i can tell you is its made by texas instruments AboCom Systems, Inc. - Networking - 802.11g Wireless MiniPCI Card Date last published: 3/16/2005 Texas Instruments network software update released on December 01 2004. that is what i get of MS updates about it i will keep on trying other linux OS until i get one on the laptop and xp off thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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