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‎07-13-2018 02:10 PM

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Product: Pavilion dv2000
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP

Can't Install Linux OS on my laptop! Tried Latest Versions of Linux Mint and Fedora with no luck. Computer Just hangs...I also tried updating the Bios but still no luck! System just hangs...

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‎07-13-2018 05:38 PM - edited ‎07-13-2018 05:39 PM

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@JAY631

 

HP only warranties their PCs for usage with the OS that comes preinstalled.  IF you replace that or add a different OS, then you assume full responsibility for maintaining that other OS -- as HP then provides  assistance only on Redhat and then only to commercial customers.
 
Your best bet for Linux support, since HP does not provide Linux drivers, is to contact the support forum for the Linux distro you are trying to install.
 
 Folks there have experience using HP machines with Linux and know a lot about driver sources.



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‎07-13-2018 05:38 PM - edited ‎07-13-2018 05:39 PM

HP Recommended

@JAY631

 

HP only warranties their PCs for usage with the OS that comes preinstalled.  IF you replace that or add a different OS, then you assume full responsibility for maintaining that other OS -- as HP then provides  assistance only on Redhat and then only to commercial customers.
 
Your best bet for Linux support, since HP does not provide Linux drivers, is to contact the support forum for the Linux distro you are trying to install.
 
 Folks there have experience using HP machines with Linux and know a lot about driver sources.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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