Koohiisan   1005 pts.  |   May 11 2009  2:35PM GMT

Just how old is this laptop? And, what is the model? Some systems require manual tweaking of things like ASPI, PNPBIOS, etc in order to get going, or the system will hang trying to figure out if those settings are valid on its own. I’ve had a couple of machines where I needed to try alternate settings in order to install Linux, and both were older systems.

Let us know some more details and perhaps we can assist you. Also, try Googling for Linux on Laptops. You may find someone who has already tried installing a similar version of Ubuntu on your laptop. Their experiences and advice may be quite helpful.

TechieKiD   25 pts.  |   May 12 2009  12:05AM GMT

the laptop is about 4-5 years old. i tried to boot from usb also, but the computer wont boot from that because the computer doesn’t have it in the BIOS to boot from it. can you figure out a way to tweak the BIOS so I can boot from the USB?

Pressler2904   2165 pts.  |   May 12 2009  2:47PM GMT

A 4 - 5 year old laptop **should** be able to boot from USB: is there an entry in the boot order which allows USB/Floppy emulation? Not knowing the HP model and/ or the BIOS type sort of hampers our ability to answer your question specifically…

If you have access to a different CD-ROM drive (internal/multibay) try using that - it seems as if your internal CD-ROM drive may have “passed on”.

Have you tried flashing you BIOS? Either flashing to the newest BIOS revision level or re-flashing to the same level (if allowed) may also resolve this issue.

TechieKiD   25 pts.  |   May 12 2009  10:37PM GMT

I have a new disk drive for it already but for some reason it won’t boot
Here’s more info on my laptop:
-HP OmniBook XE3
-Intel Pentium 3 Processor
-Serial # is: TW13402419
-Ubuntu 9.04 disk
if you need for information tell me