Re: No keyboard with Athelon, when trying to install RHL or MDK

["Matthew D. Sale" <mdsale matts-workshop com>]

Audioslave - 7M3 - Live wrote:
> I am trying to install inux (any type with GNOME). I tried to install 
> RHL on the machine and there was no intetractivity with the keyboard.
>
> I also tried to install Mandrake 9.1, mainly to use their trick with 
> downsizing an existing XP partition. ( This part worked out alright.)
>
> The Mandrake installation seemed to go alright. It would not 
> successfully boot though. It would lock up on PCMCIA. The keyboard was 
> unresponsive. Also, if I tried to go into rescue mode, it would be 
> unresponsive also.
>
> The laptop model is an HP ze4315us
>
> My main question is about bothering to download RHL9. Would it work with 
>  this particular or similar models of laptops? I never downloaded the 
> disks for RH9, but have it installed on a few Pentium machines, 
> successfully. This is my first attempt with an AMD microprocessor. Does 
> it deal with keyboard interfaces differently than one with an Intel 
> processor?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim

I ran into similar issues with an HP ze4325us, see my web page at

http://www.matts-workshop.com/hp_ze4325us_rh9.shtml for suggestions.

Hopefully my page will get added to http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html
at some point...

	Matt