What the Tech logo
Welcome! Register for a free account (or login) > How does it work?
  1. Quickly register. It will only take 60 seconds.
  2. Start a new topic. Ask your question. Wait for an email reply.
  3. Is your system infected? Begin reading the malware removal guide.
 register button
Reply to this topicStart new topic
> Mandriva not Booting on Old Laptop, Compaq Presario 1700
bosox09
post Jul 24 2009, 11:10 AM
Post #1


Authentic Member
**

Group: Authentic Member
Posts: 22
Joined: 22-July 09
Member No.: 86,880
Operating System: Windows XP SP3
Hey all, so I found my brother's old laptop that currently has Windows ME installed on it. A bunch of the drivers are really messed up (I think that's why he got a new one all those years ago) and so Windows Me only boots in safe mode. Anyway, I tried running a LiveCD of Mandriva on it, but it doesn't work. Mandriva ran fine on the laptop I currently use, so I know it's not the CD. While booting, everything goes fine except one thing fails:
QUOTE
configuring wireless regulatory domain n180211 not found

What happens is that it continues booting until it gets to a point where there's just a blinking underscore in the top left hand corner of the screen. After that the screen goes blank (but is still on). Any suggestions? Do you think it will work with another Linux/Open Source OS? If so, can you suggest any that would be good to go to from Windows?

Thanks in Advance.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
- bosox09   Mandriva not Booting on Old Laptop   Jul 24 2009, 11:10 AM
- - bosox09   Oh, and also, I don't know what kind of proces...   Jul 24 2009, 11:53 AM
- - paws   Hi, It might be wise to start with a small Linux l...   Jul 24 2009, 01:59 PM
- - bosox09   Actually, between my first post and now I got mand...   Jul 24 2009, 02:16 PM
- - bosox09   So I put the Xubuntu bootdisk in and ran the utili...   Jul 24 2009, 03:56 PM
- - bosox09   Mandrake didn't work, it couldn't partitio...   Jul 25 2009, 03:36 PM
- - paws   Looks like you need to do some more tests on the h...   Jul 26 2009, 02:26 AM
- - bosox09   I can't do it now because I'm at work, but...   Jul 26 2009, 11:02 AM
- - paws   The standard operating procedure in these circumst...   Jul 26 2009, 12:06 PM
- - bosox09   Just ran Hitachi's utility and Seagate. Hitac...   Jul 26 2009, 07:07 PM
- - paws   Hi, Looks like your hard drive is shot.....it usua...   Jul 27 2009, 01:44 AM

« Next Oldest · Open Source · Next Newest »
 

Reply to this topicStart new topic

 

Collapse

> Similar Topics

    Topic Title Replies Topic Starter Views Last Action
No New Posts   12 dandylion 181 18th March 2010 - 10:27 AM
Last post by: ken545
No New Posts   4 peterd 125 17th March 2010 - 12:29 PM
Last post by: paws
No New Posts   9 Peter1 192 16th March 2010 - 02:58 PM
Last post by: Ztruker
No New Posts 1 dazed_00 63 16th March 2010 - 05:17 AM
Last post by: Nahumi

RSS Time is now: 22nd March 2010 - 07:24 AM
Advertisements do not imply our endorsement of that product or service. The forum is run by volunteers who donate their time and expertise. We make every attempt to ensure that the help and advice posted is accurate and will not cause harm to your computer. However, we do not guarantee that they are accurate and they are to be used at your own risk.
Member site: Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals | UNITE Against Malware
Memory Forums | Auto Repair Forum
© Geeks to Go, Inc. | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy
Powered By IP.Board © 2010  IPS, Inc.