Maybe, the support for gnu/linux on these laptops is very sparse.

On 15/02/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1@gmail.com> wrote:
On 15/02/07, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin@gmail.com > wrote:

>
> The strange thing is the Ubuntu live cd ran on it on Tuesday, true I
> had to leave it for 3/4 of an hour but now anything I stick in gets as
> far as loading the minimal kernel on the disk (Not the proper one but
> the one used for installations) and just sits there.
>

I would automatically suspect something was failing hardware wise.
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