[Novalug] new OS for old hdw

[Beartooth]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Ed James wrote:

> I found a site where somebody put linux with a 2.2.16 kernel 
> onto that same model - perhaps the problem isn't the 
> distribution, but the kernel version itself?

 	That is certainly what the error message means. But now 
it refuses to look at anything in the CD drive, even though I do 
hear that spin.

> I found a site testing HP machines with Ubuntu, and your 
> machine seems okay with "Dapper"...
>
>  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HewlettPackard
>
> I have no clue what flavors will work, but Dapper is pretty 
> old, compared to Edgy, Feisty, Gutsy, and Hardy.
>
> Best shot - try the dustiest install CD you can find?

 	I must have had a neatness fit recently : all my old 
install CDs are gone. You might know it.

 	But I did find a pair from RedHat 6 For Dummies -- and 
even that gets only the wrong-kernel message. Surely that, if 
nothing else, proves it isn't even seeing its own CD drive any 
more??

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