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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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Its GNU/Linuxhelp.net ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Support Specialist Posts: 1,807 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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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 6-February 09 Member No.: 13,894 ![]() |
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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Whats this Lie-nix Thing? ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 10-February 09 Member No.: 13,899 ![]() |
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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