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Originally Posted by basswipe
I've had major issues with installing it on a laptop.It just won't install on my old presario 2100.Had to change the boot order and now it continuosly restarts,can't get in safe mode or any mode for that matter.Even after hitting F8 I can read the blue screen after suspending the restart option but no other options work.Took it to the Dx down the road and this isn't an isolated thing,many laptops won't work with linux based op systems.
HP desktop is fine...dual boot system working fine.Go figure.
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I am using Ubuntu dual booted on a Compaq N800c, which is similar I believe to the 2100 series from Compaq, but not identical. I have FedoraCore 6 dual booted with XP on a smaller Compaq as well, so it can be done. If you are interested, then perhaps you may want to go to LinuxForums.org, or another user forum for that distribution of Linux to see if others have also experienced issues loading a particular distribution, or release on a specific laptop model. There may be something fairly easy that can be done to get you out of the blue screen problem.
Good luck.
Pete