Cannot install linux on my HP Probook 4510S

Mon Feb 15 15:25:33 GMT 2010

I am beggining to think that there is something wrong with the laptop, where
do you live by the way?
This is a really good puzzle!

Alexius Dionysius Diakogiannis
IT Consultant / Core Banking Eng.

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2010/2/15 Maria <militsim at gmail.com>

>  Dear friends,
> thank you very much for your great support on this problem.
> Alexi, I tried to install the *alternate Ubuntu* edition through the link
> you provided.
> The installation went through just fine up until the disk partitioning
> stage, but the "*Installing the base system*"step was unable to complete.
> I kept getting all sorts of "error", "file corrupt" and "cannot retrieve
> file" messages. I started all over again many times until I had to abort
> this step. The following installation steps were unable to begin, since base
> system had not been installed.
> When I booted my laptop once more I got the message "*Non system disk or
> disk error. Enter a disc and press enter when you are ready"* etc. This is
> (I think) because I had asked for the Ubuntu installation to use the*entire disk
> *, so windows vista were gone, luckily :)
> Then I thought I would try the Ubuntu 7.10 edition cd again, thinking that
> maybe at this stage it would work. Unfortunately, once more installation was
> aborted without any messages. The computer just stopped right after a few
> minutes and went blank. I tried all the different boot parameters Nikos
> suggested, to no avail.
> Then I thought, why don't I try* Open Suse *once more? :) Maybe, *this*one will work.
> And, it did!! So, after 3 days and 4 nights of struggling, I have Open Suse
> on my laptop -unfortunately not Ubuntu- but yet again Linux :)
> Alexi, Niko, Stergio, Argiri kai Savva sas efharisto poly, THANK YOU VERY
> MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
> By the way, Argiri, I had tried installing with both the laptop battery on
> and off :)
> All the best to all of you!!
> Counting on you,
> Maria
>
>
>
> On 02/14/2010 05:17 PM, Alexius Dionysius Diakogiannis wrote:
>
> Εεεε αυτο ειναι!!!!
>
> Δε μπορει να καταδεχτει ενα σοβαρο λειτουργικο οπως π.χ. το Ubuntu να
> κάτσει στο ίδιο μηχάνημα με τα Vista!!!!
>
> Αν θες παντος βοήθεια μπορεις να συμβουλευτεις το
> http://www.howtoforge.com με τους οδηγους (The Perfect Desktop)
>
> προσωπικα θα σου προτεινα αν ειναι new να δοκιμασεις Mandriva PowerPack με
> KDE ή Ubuntu.
>
> Best of Luck και οτι θες εδω ειμαστε ολοι.
>
> Alexius Dionysius Diakogiannis
> IT Consultant / Core Banking Eng.
>
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> 2010/2/15 Maria Militsi <militsim at gmail.com>
>
>>  Γεια σου Αλέξη και ευχαριστώ πολύ εσένα και όλα τα παιδιά για τη βοήθειά
>> σας.
>>
>> Δυστυχώς δεν ξέρω τι είναι το sata raid και δεν έχω πειράξει τίποτα.
>>
>> Έκανα όλα τα system diagnostics tests και όλα είναι οκ! Αν αυτό σημαίνει
>> κάτι... J
>>
>> Τώρα λέω να ακολουθήσω τη συμβουλή του Νίκου και να αλλάξω τα bios
>> parameters, μήπως κάτι γίνει.
>>
>> Το pc έχει προς το παρόν vista.
>>
>> Δεν μπορώ ούτε να τα βλέπω αυτά τα windows L
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* ubuntu-gr-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:
>> ubuntu-gr-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *Alexius Dionysius
>> Diakogiannis
>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:36 PM
>> *To:* Nikolaos Papazoglou
>> *Cc:* ubuntu-gr at lists.ubuntu.com
>> *Subject:* Re: Cannot install linux on my HP Probook 4510S
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is really strange, can you provide more details? Its sound like a
>> disk issue, do you by any chance have activated the SATA RAID option on your
>> BIOS (if you have one) because once I have similar issue and it was due to
>> the fact of the OS not beeing able to communicate with HD.
>>
>> Anyway best of luck!
>>
>> Alexius Dionysius Diakogiannis
>> IT Consultant / Core Banking Eng.
>>
>> m: +30 6944 915 876
>> e: alexius.dionysius at diakogiannis.com
>> w: http://www.diakogiannis.com
>>
>>
>>  On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Nikolaos Papazoglou <
>> npapazoglou at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I found great support with Fedora Linux on my netbook .
>> Fedora is fast and lighweight and improved my battery's life also.
>> My 3G broadband works fine and all my hardware too...
>> Just have a look at http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora
>>
>>  2010/2/14 Savvas Radevic <vicedar at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Maria!
>>
>>
>> > I have been using Ubuntu for three years on my older Toshiba laptop,
>> which I
>> > had to replace.
>>
>> Which Ubuntu edition were you using?
>>
>> And as a last resort, if you can't make it with mandriva nor ubuntu,
>> you can also try with opensuse, it has great support for laptops:
>> http://www.opensuse.org
>>
>> Download the 32-bit DVD (3.7GB) or the "Live Gnome" (a 700MB CD).
>>
>>
>> On 14 February 2010 22:17, Maria Militsi <militsim at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I would like to report a problem I am having trying to install Ubuntu on
>> my
>> > HP probook 4510s laptop.
>> >
>> > I have used both wiki and a cd and the installation stops right after
>> the
>> > ubuntu logo appears and then there is only a black screen.
>> >
>> > I know very little about computers. Could you help me with this?
>> >
>> > I have tried Mandriva and Linux Mint as well and encountered the same
>> > problem.
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Could this be a hardware incompatibility problem?
>> >
>> > Thank you for your time,
>> >
>> > Maria
>> >
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