HP Laptop

[pkaplan1 at comcast.net]

I assume you checked the iso file w/ md5sum to make sure that there were no errors downloading it.

Can you run qtparted from the live cd?  Try unmounting the hdd and then use qtparted to shrink the ntfs partition first and create new partitions independent of the install routine.  If that works you should be able to install.

Paul
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Stew Schneider <stew.schneider at gmail.com>
> One of my nonprofits got an HP laptop. Nice box but it's got VISTA on 
> it, and may soon have a bullet hole in it.
> 
> VISTA is a lost cause, and I'm not going to try to support it, so I'd 
> like to make a dual boot of it. I'm getting nowhere. I can boot from the 
> Gutsy CD, but if I try to install, the screen goes black and never comes 
> back. I tried the alternate CD, with the same results. I tried to check 
> the CD for defects. Screen went black and never came back. Hitting ESC 
> makes it reboot.
> 
> Thinking the CD might be bad, I moved the ISO to the laptop and burned a 
> new CD from the laptop. Same behavior.
> 
> Thinking the ISO might be defective, I got a new one from the laptop and 
> reburned. Same behavior.
> 
> I have Gutsy on a stick. I booted into it. The Install began alright, 
> but the partitioner will only give me the option to reformat the entire 
> ntfs disk --- no option for dual boot.
> 
> 1. Where have I gone wrong?
> 2. How should I proceed?
> 3. Will I ever regain the love of little Nell?
> 
> stew
> 
> 
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