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| Started by | wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2019-02-10 13:01 -0800 |
| Last post | 2019-02-15 10:40 +0000 |
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What linux will run on my laptop? wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> - 2019-02-10 13:01 -0800
Re: What linux will run on my laptop? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2019-02-10 21:13 +0000
Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2019-02-11 07:02 +0000
Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2019-02-11 19:45 +0100
Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-02-11 21:18 +0000
Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Michael Black <mblack@pubnix.net> - 2019-02-14 14:27 -0500
Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2019-02-14 13:54 -0600
Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-02-15 10:40 +0000
| From | wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2019-02-10 13:01 -0800 |
| Subject | What linux will run on my laptop? |
| Message-ID | <b1725816-2a2b-4acd-a3f6-4a5c70232706@googlegroups.com> |
Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a CDROM drive. Slackware won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro that can be downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze OS? The current win 10 is not useable in my opinion. John Culleton
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| From | root <NoEMail@home.org> |
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| Date | 2019-02-10 21:13 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <q3q46e$s2u$1@news.albasani.net> |
| In reply to | #3366 |
wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> wrote: > Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a CDROM drive. Slackware won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro that can be downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze OS? The current win 10 is not useable > in my opinion. > > John Culleton Can any other laptop boot from the USB stick?
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| From | Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> |
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| Date | 2019-02-11 07:02 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <q3r6m1$g86$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #3366 |
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:01:26 -0800, wexfordpress wrote: > Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a CDROM drive. Slackware > won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. What boot options do you have in the CMOS setup? If you lack a cdrom and really are unable to boot from USB the only option left (assuming that the laptop also lacks a floppy) is PXE boot from the network interface. There are also exteranal USB CD/DVD-drives, but then again they require that your laptop support booting by USB. If all boot options fails on the laptop you will have to take the HD out and connect it to some IDE/SATA-USB converter. With such a thing you will be able to connect the HD to some other PC and you can use something like qemu to install Slackware on the HD. regards Henrik
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| From | Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> |
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| Date | 2019-02-11 19:45 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <q3sfse$f5t$1@news1.tnib.de> |
| In reply to | #3366 |
wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> wrote: >Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a CDROM drive. Slackware won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro that can be downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze OS? The current win 10 is not useable >in my opinion. Not giving any information about the hardware bought other than the vendor. Trying to use Slackware in 2019. Not having tried any other distribution. Windows 10 rant. Well trolled, citizen. -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
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| From | Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> |
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| Date | 2019-02-11 21:18 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <q3soqa$ue3$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #3370 |
Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote: > wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> wrote: >>Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a CDROM drive. Slackware won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro that can be downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze OS? The current win 10 is not useable >>in my opinion. > > > Not giving any information about the hardware bought other than the > vendor. Trying to use Slackware in 2019. Not having tried any other > distribution. Windows 10 rant. > > Well trolled, citizen. > He's not a troll -- he's been posting on the slackare newsgroup for at least several years.
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| From | Michael Black <mblack@pubnix.net> |
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| Date | 2019-02-14 14:27 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.20.1902141424430.1548@thrush> |
| In reply to | #3366 |
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019, wexfordpress wrote: > Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a CDROM drive. Slackware > won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro that can be > downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze OS? The current > win 10 is not useable in my opinion. > I suspect you're missing some detail. The USB flash drive has to be set to be bootable, I forget how, but it's outlined somewhere in the Slackware literature. And the laptop needs to be set to boot from the USB flash drive. I remember playing with a netbook and findig that unless I had the USB drive attached, the option from booting from USB didn't appear on the BIOS menu. I don't know if that's the case for every computer, or not. If SLackware doesn't boot, I'm not sure why a different distribution will boot. Michael
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| From | Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> |
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| Date | 2019-02-14 13:54 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <20190214135448.0a24f172@johnspc> |
| In reply to | #3366 |
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:01:26 -0800 (PST) wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> wrote: > Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a CDROM drive. > Slackware won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro > that can be downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze > OS? The current win 10 is not useable in my opinion. > > John Culleton I have a refurbished HP Desktop. To get to the boot menu hold down the F9 key or Esc for Setup. Download Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.1 from here: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3669 Put it on a USB stick. Use the boot menu to find it, it will install. You will have the choice of erasing the drive, or installing alongside Windows.
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| From | Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> |
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| Date | 2019-02-15 10:40 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <gcnj99Fqo9oU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #3366 |
On 10/02/2019 21:01, wexfordpress wrote: > Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. A model number would help. I don't know if this is business series, or a consumer supermarket locked down thing that won't do anything else but windows. It lacks a CDROM drive. Slackware won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro that can be downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze OS? The current win 10 is not useable > in my opinion. UEFI / secure boot? If you can't disable it in BIOS by selecting "legacy boot", then you will be launching down another rabbit hole doing the install the UEFI way. There is help on google, including for slackware. https://www.linux.com/learn/how-install-linux-windows-machine-uefi-secure-boot -- Adrian C
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