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  Feb 6 2009, 12:13 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing?  Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 6-February 09 Member No.: 13,894  |
I just got a laptop in the mail yesterday and it has linux on it.. when I went to turn it on it went through all the data pages. But then it gives me a prompt that says [root@localhost/]# and I have no idea what im supposed to type to get it to start up.. I will send the puter back if I have to but im hoping someone might know what I should do. Please help! and ty for your time.
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Feb 9 2009, 06:38 PM
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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,797 Joined: 23-January 03 Member No.: 360 |
So x does not seem to be installed. Did you boot up the computer with the CD or did you stick the disk into the drive.
Try booting up with the CD and hopefully there is a reinstall mode. |
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Feb 9 2009, 06:53 PM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 6-February 09 Member No.: 13,894 |
QUOTE (michaelk @ Feb 9 2009, 06:38 PM)  So x does not seem to be installed. Did you boot up the computer with the CD or did you stick the disk into the drive. Try booting up with the CD and hopefully there is a reinstall mode. i tried bootin up with it and it did nothing...it wont even give me a menu.. or a thing sayin its reading the disc just the same data same screen.. looks like the dos screen on windows |
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Feb 10 2009, 09:21 AM
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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 10-February 09 Member No.: 13,899 |
QUOTE (shelby @ Feb 10 2009, 12:53 AM) i tried bootin up with it and it did nothing...it wont even give me a menu.. or a thing sayin its reading the disc just the same data same screen.. looks like the dos screen on windows The Asus eMachines Linux has a desktop included and should not stop with a command prompt. Someone has bricked it, or you must have a very bad luck and got a corrupted example. You should have 2 CD,s with recovery images, but to boot them you must press F2 before it boot linux and change the boot device to the cd. (eMachine Recovery Management CD) I think you shall contact the seller and tell them the machine did not boot, and they have to help you. |
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shelby brand new puter Feb 6 2009, 12:13 PM
arochester What distro (variety of Linux) has it got? Have yo... Feb 6 2009, 12:27 PM
shelby QUOTE (arochester @ Feb 6 2009, 12:27 PM)... Feb 6 2009, 04:43 PM shelby QUOTE (shelby @ Feb 6 2009, 04:43 PM) i t... Feb 6 2009, 06:19 PM michaelk If it came in the mail I assume you ordered it onl... Feb 6 2009, 09:17 PM shelby QUOTE (michaelk @ Feb 6 2009, 09:17 PM) I... Feb 7 2009, 08:56 AM michaelk Ok so it it Linpus.
http://www.linpus.com/
The st... Feb 7 2009, 04:35 PM shelby QUOTE (michaelk @ Feb 7 2009, 04:35 PM) O... Feb 7 2009, 05:47 PM michaelk Public forums are designed to help everyone and s... Feb 8 2009, 08:36 AM shelby QUOTE (michaelk @ Feb 8 2009, 08:36 AM) P... Feb 8 2009, 09:00 AM shelby QUOTE (bblin @ Feb 10 2009, 09:21 AM) The... Feb 10 2009, 10:58 AM |
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