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Mandriva on Dell Studio 1537?


wakish
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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!

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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!

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