[TriLUG] New Vista laptop needs Linux

[Robert Dale]

Usually live CDs have kernel boot options.  See if there's one for
disabling USB related things.

Oh, here's one: nousb - http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:13 AM, James Jones <jc.jones at tuftux.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> My Christmas present came early. It is a Toshiba Satellite L305 series
> laptop. The least expensive laptop that Walmart has on sale at the
> moment ( $398 plus tax ). It is running Vista home. I wanted to see
> how well it would run on Knoppix 5.1 cd, but each time I boot into
> knoppix. Knoppix starts, gets into enabling usb, etc and then it
> produces an error, "Can't find knoppix filesystem".
>
> I tried a Centos5 live CD and had something similar happen.
>
> Any suggestions? I really do want this laptop to become a dual boot
> pc. If need be, it can become a single boot Linux pc.
>
> jcj
>
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