Installing Ubuntu in a HP pavilion a522n

[Ron Bellomo]

Scott wrote:

> Rogelio Nodal wrote:
>
>>>
>> I don't know if it is the BIOS or the 9in1 reader but whatever it is, it
>> is not letting me boot Ubuntu. :).
>> Any way I will keep google running and see what happens.
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>
>
> I don't know what it is about HP Pavilions.  It's not like they're 
> Dells which use proprietary parts.  To the best of my knowledge all of 
> the HPs come with MSI mobos.
>
> We just got a HP Pavilion a1130n (AMD Athlon64 3500+ CPU, MSI mobo 
> w/ATI Radeon Express chipset). last fall   Try as I might, Ubuntu 
> completely balked at installing.  The live CD was worthless too.
>
> I wonder what it is that's causing this to happen?  Are HP owners 
> doomed to a life Without Linux? ;-)
>
>
Hi Scott,

No, HPs do run linux. I have Ubuntu running on 2 HP Pavilion desktops 
(a635w Athlon XP 3000+  and a 760n 1.8 GHz P4), and an HP Pavilion 
laptop ZE4500 (2.4 Ghz Celeron).  It also did install and run on a 
Pavilion ZE5500 series laptop, but the included Broadcom wireless 
network adapter was not supported. Everything else worked fine.

I don't think all Pavilions have MSI boards. I'm pretty sure that my 
Athlon XP system has a board that is made by ASUS, although I could not 
find the exact model at the ASUS web site. It *is* probably a special 
board for HP machines only.

I will agree with you, however, that you will sometimes run into a 
model  that will not support anything properly except Windows. I don't 
think HP is any different than Dell, Gateway, or other large vendor. You 
will run into problems with certain models while others may work fine.

I have another HP machine that runs Windows XP beautifully, but would 
not even boot the Windows Vista beta installation DVD. Go figure!

Ron