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| Thread ID: 67537 | 2006-03-30 17:52:00 | QUESTION: Regarding installation of Linux | Budding_Geek (9890) | Press F1 |
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| 442144 | 2006-03-30 17:52:00 | I have HP7380in Media Center PC with XP installed. i think of installing linux, if that is the case where do i get drivers. I don see it in the HP website. Can someone help??? |
Budding_Geek (9890) | ||
| 442145 | 2006-03-30 18:40:00 | I would suggest looking for the nic card driver(or modem driver - whichever you use) and putting it to a disk, from there, you can search each individual driver from the manufacturer's site... | TiJay (6055) | ||
| 442146 | 2006-03-30 19:20:00 | thanks for ur reply first of all even i thot of that, the problem is i saw HP website and this model dosent have support for linux. is there some other place to get linux drivers or is it a good idea after all??? |
Budding_Geek (9890) | ||
| 442147 | 2006-03-30 19:33:00 | Check on the site of the Linux Distro you plan to install if your ethernet controller is supported..you can allways do a dual installation to check-just to be safe.. Make sure that your recovery CDs/DVDs are good though, I was Quality Inspector for HP/COMPAQ and things are not always what they say... |
georgeks (9122) | ||
| 442148 | 2006-03-30 20:10:00 | before you comitt your pc to linux try getting and running a live distro. These run from cd, you simply place the cdrom in the drive and boot from it. This method has the advatage of telling you what devices will be supported. There are many versions of live distros ie mepis, knoppix, ubuntu to name three but there are more. Dailup modems are at best are very hard to get working in linux but it is possible, for example I have a dailup modem working on my laptop working under red hat 9. Some distro nativly support SOME dailup modem chipsets ie Mepis for example support my laptop modem chipset but not my desktop modem chipset. There are some very knowledgable linux users that belong to this forum. before installing, make sure you read the instructions, then read again particuly if you are considing dual boot and remember BACKUP valuable data before doing this. |
beama (111) | ||
| 442149 | 2006-03-30 22:32:00 | As Beama has said, a "live" Linux cd is the way to go as you can see if all your hardware is detected. The other advantage is you can play with different distro's without installing it to your hard drive. Once you have found one you like, you can install it. You will need to create a partition on your hard drive for Linux to reside; depending on which Linux distro you choose, it will help you with this process. Backup your important files first though, just in case. If you have broadband, Linux should find your ethernet card and away you go. If you have dialup its a whole different story :waughh: PC magazines are a good source of Linux live cds as well as the infamous Trademe and other Linux suppliers. The great thing about Linux is you can try before you buy. Well sort of ;) |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 442150 | 2006-03-30 22:54:00 | thank u all for ur suggestions, this is one of the best forums i have been a part of. Thanks so first let me try the live linux CD and be back with what i see. once again thank u all |
Budding_Geek (9890) | ||
| 442151 | 2006-03-31 00:56:00 | As further to what beama said you might like to try http://www.ubuntu.com which is a good linux distrubution which was a live cd version of each of it's products. Also it's a single CD download with local mirrors in most countries and failing that you can request free CDs to be mailed to you. If you have broadband with an external adsl modem then plug it into your network port if it isn't already and you've solved most of your biggest linux problems already as most distributions will automatically look for and self configure an internet connection that way. Good luck. |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 442152 | 2006-03-31 07:51:00 | Are you planning on using the computer as a Media box under Linux? Looking at the specifications (h10025.www1.hp.com), it doesn't mention what chipset the TV Tuner card uses. You may or may not have problems with this along with your audio. Your onboard ethernet should be fine. Using a recently released liveCD such as Mepis, Ubuntu or even SuSE will give you a general idea on how the hardware is detected. Media Centre computers tend to have quite specific hardware, so some components may not have as much support under Linux. If you are planning on using the computer as a Media box, then there are specific Linux distros which are tailored for such uses. They normally have active forums with lots of support from other users when it comes to setting up the machine. |
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