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You'll be much better off installing RedHat 7.2 instead. Lots of bug fixes, new features, new drivers, ... >>Ali =============================================== From: "Avram Aelony" <avramaelony at hotmail.com> To: jabr at blu.org Subject: linux install question Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 21:12:24 -0500 hi! My name is Avram Aelony, I found your email via linux.org under 'Boston Linux and Unix User Group'. I have a linux install question and I am hoping perhaps you can point me in the direction of a reasonable solution. I have a Red Hat Linux 6.2 Version CD along with a boot disk. I would like to install linux onto an NEC Versa 2655CD laptop (vintage circa 1996) that previously had win95 and has been completely fdisked clean. With the linux boot floppy and install CD, I get prompted to press <enter> or text <enter> or expert <enter>. (At this point, typing by the user still gets displayed onto the screen.) I have tried the first to choices, the result is the same: things begin to load appropriately until a graphic menu displaying language choices for the installation appears. Normally, I would think that a mouse or keyboard response would be captured and thus the install could continue with the next screen. What does occur instead is that user input of any kind (keyboard input, mouse movements, shouting, etc..) no longer registers with the laptop display screen. Thus my install attempts are halted there, unable to proceed. I would very much appreciate any thoughts you might have in helping me with getting past this point & installing Linux. thanks in advance, Avram
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