Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Laptops and notebooks

Go into the bios and make sure that the CD is first boot option.

david

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:17 AM, dc <d_coyle@colba.net> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> My thanks to all who advised me about desktops. The new machine is
> running just fine.
>
> The current problem is that I bought a laptop as a present for a friend
> (HP Pavillion g6 - Costco special :-) ) and neither Opensuse nor Ubuntu
> will install.
>
> The interesting thing is that the Suse installer starts and configures
> with no trouble, but the actual installation reports inability to
> install the boot loader. Result is a dead machine.
>
> Can it be that there is some hard-wired demand for Microsoft in the
> bios?
>
> Does anyone have any advice on things to try before I return the machine
> as malfunctioning?
>
>
>

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