Ubuntu on an HP Pavillion zv6000

@creaky ,

theres no point in the installation that i reach the coloured bar i know which bar you are on about ,

keep getting as far as use windows partition space , erase disk fully, custom partition ,

i went to custom partition , sorted it all but it goes no further , just back to the same page , so if i do it again it creates duplicates and wastes space , still trying to delete it hdd showing up as 67.1gb instead of 73.9 ,

im totally baffled this time


mark

 

@creaky

i used a knoppix disk to partition the hdd only then once i booted up from the mandrake disk did it show me the coloured bar ot it sorted now seemed like such hard work , more than normal . Well mandrake does seem to be a very good platform, will use it for a few months if i like it i will update to 2006 , so thanks for all the help greatly appreciated

mark

ps. if i get stuck i know who to come and see

 

hey....

If it's not to late..

Just wanna say that I got the ati driver to work on my hp pavilion zv6000
All you need is to use aptitute search flgrx and install it.
After that edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf from ATI to flgrx thats all...
On a 32 bit... My friend tried on a 64 bit ubuntu and it din't work for him there...

 

GET RID OF UBUNTU WORST LINUX EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET FODERA CORE 4 OR DEBIAN "SARGE"

 

hey, U7Hacker do you use Fedora Core 4 aswell, its pretty cool huh <!>

that is the exact same suggestion that i gave...

 

Ubuntu is a great linux.
and I hat debian sarge before I got ubuntu.
It's a great linux to.
Now I'll try mepis.
Have heart a lot of good things about it so lets se what it is...

 

"Ubuntu is a great linux"

You are stupid, Ubuntu is the worst linux out there, unless you a linux newb, and im guessing you are, but if you want to be able to tweak the kernal and have complete control over your linux and run a server fodera core 4 is the best open soure out there right now.
So go download some wallpapers with your "ubuntu" and ill be right here on my fodera hosting my website and ftp + having control over my other server

 

Thats def no way to talk on a forum u7hacker

and creaky well done for speaking out not letting people get away with speaking to people like that , if someone wants to use ubuntu they can this is a free world after all

 

I had no problems with ubuntu....it's not a bad distro. I wouldn't say that it gives you alot of options,but if you want to run a simple desktop,(which alot of people do) it's a pretty good *nix for the job.

As far as the server talk...I really wouldn't see anyone running one on a ubuntu machine,it's more of a front end OS.

I really did like the fedora core 3 and 4 distros,they had alot to give with the 'out of the box' unstall. It was one of the easiest installs I've had to do. Alot of people talk about it being 'bloated' with too much,but if you don't want certain packages,don't install them from the start. Simple right?

Only problem I had with fedora is that it didn't like my Ati card.

 

I have a HP ZV6000. I want to start my learnig journey on linux. I already set=up a dual-boot on it. I load FC-4 before, now trying SUSE 10.

My question, because I don't know where to look, is there any distro that will load the WIFI for this laptop. I been want to start working on *nix with it, but not having wireless support it makes thing hard on me.

ANy help will be gladly accepted.

Thank you

 

Ya its me.. and all of you can stop being commie's me and mega hawk had a good private conversation and he liked my comments so quit threatening me moderator I am alowed to have my opinion

 

he is just asking that you portray your opinion in a less IN YOUR FACE kind of way...
i am sure creaky is not trying to deprive you of your opinions so lets just take it down a notch.

 

I am sold...
I have spent this week attempting to get ubuntu on my system (zv6000) with no luck at all. After what has been said I am downloading Mandriva right now and seeing if I can get a working install.