On 17 Feb 2007, Steve Lamb wrote: > Justin Hartman wrote: > > So down to the "simple" question. Is this really normal on a PC-based > > Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian? > > Yes. Laptops are notorious for having horrible compatibility with > anything other than the OS they are shipped with. This is because to > cram so much into so little space many Laptop manufacturers put in tons > of proprietary hardware then only code drivers for whatever OS they > intend to ship with it. Worse still they only ship the drivers, never > really releasing them. > > -- > Steve Lamb >
Not really what you want to hear, but try Ubuntu live; if it works, at least you'll know that it's *possible* to get things running in Linux. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
