Gericom laptop and two systems problem

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On Wednesday 12 January 2005 00:36 Ragnarokamp wrote:

> sugestions.(Gericom Blockbuster 7000 and HDD is Fujitsu-Siemens
> MHT2080AH)

Ain't Gericom polish brand? You may find more information on polish
groups/lists whotsoever that here. Same (probably) for Aristo.

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Marcin

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"Ragnarokamp" <ragnarok_amp@op.pl> wrote in message
news:cs1o5m$88o$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl...
>I do believe there is something wrong with my new laptop PC.I just
> cannot manage to get two systems all at once on it.What I mean is that
> windows woeks fine and linux does too,as long as there is only one
> system present on the HDD.Every time I try to install a second one (on a
> different partition) just after booting manager (lilo or grub) finishes
> its job everything crashes.Same thing every time.After reboot I can see
> a few first letters of the boot manager (for example LI..or GRU..) and
> that is it.Windows won't start as well.However if I do the same thing
> with the HDD removed from the laptop and connect it to my desktop using
> miniIDE to IDE connector everything works just fine.But the point is
> that I believe it has something to do with the computer itself...just
> don't know which part of it screws things up...Thanks in advance for any
> sugestions.(Gericom Blockbuster 7000 and HDD is Fujitsu-Siemens
> MHT2080AH)

What about trying a live Linux distribution like Knoppix? You won't have to
install that as it will boot and operate from CD. Then you can leave your
Gericom Blockbuster with just Windows installed, as intended.

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php


http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

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