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post #1 of 5
10/2/07 at 9:53am
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I have bought acer laptop.
1. This is Extensa 6702ZNWLMi
2. Intel Pentium M processor 735A
3. DVD-Dual double layer

Now when i press the power button it start and after some processing shows the following:
Linpus Linux Basic Edition v9.2 b060419c
[root@ localhost /]#

Now i dont understand this command [root@ localhost /]# and after this command cursor is blinking to write some thing.

I also dont know that how to launch that window in which i can change the boot priority. In my pc that i use in home i press del after starting my computer and a window comes where i change my boot priority and then boot from cd windows xp and install it. But in this case i dont know how to install xp. and my next question is that can i play cd in DVD-Dual double layer.
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post #2 of 5
10/2/07 at 12:01pm
Press F12 at startup to enter the boot from CD prompt
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post #3 of 5
10/5/07 at 5:00am
As OEM Acer it comes with OEM WindowsXP, and it partition a place with EISA file system where cannot be seem or touch by regular programs. Good to delete that partition to free up extra approximately 3GB space.
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post #4 of 5
9/10/08 at 11:30pm
1. Press F2 to go into bios setup
2. Change AHCI to IDE
3. Change boot priority so that CD-rom become the 1st one.
4. Save changes and it will restart by itself.

Make sure you put XP cd into cd-rom already. Now you can install XP
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post #5 of 5
9/11/08 at 10:20pm
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Originally Posted by emmert View Post
1. Press F2 to go into bios setup
2. Change AHCI to IDE
3. Change boot priority so that CD-rom become the 1st one.
4. Save changes and it will restart by itself.

Make sure you put XP cd into cd-rom already. Now you can install XP

correct. may want to wipe the drive first as it has linpus linux on it. xp setup may not see it as a valid partition. hopefully the setup with clear the drive.
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