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November 2nd, 2005 22:00

Installing Linux

I am attempting to install Linux on my Dimension 8400 running Win XP Media 2005. I have installed Linux on my other machines with no problems, but the Linux installation on my Dimension always hangs at "standby, second stage install." Or, it will get to a page asking for drivers and gives me a pick list of drivers, but none of them work. Any suggestions to correct this problem so I can dual boot Linux and Windows?


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    DBCarter

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    Posted November 4th, 2005 17:00

    Which Distro are you trying to install?
    I've got SUSE 9.3 and Kanotix insatlled on my Dell 8400 with no problems.
    Some other Distros, like Ubuntu 5.04 and a few others would not even boot.
    Simply Mempis would boot in the Live mode but it would not boot after installing to the hard drive.
    I think the Distros that did not work don't support SATA hard drives or something.
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    MR FE

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    Posted November 5th, 2005 19:00

    Try Mandriva Linux 2006. I have inastalled on a Latitud D600 and works great. No problems on this one. Even I have a D Link 650 Wireless card and used niswrapper to use the MS driver for it.
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    Szyszka

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    Posted November 11th, 2005 13:00

    I second DBCarter's post: I have a successful dual boot on 8400 with Suse 9.3. However, on my machine the Windows sits on the SATA drive (as shipped from Dell) and Suse is on the older IDE drive connected through the IDE Controller Card.

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