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BeOS freezes during boot
Name: Antonski Date: October 13, 2001 at 23:55:02 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, I have BeOS on my decktpo PC for 1 year and it works perfect. Recently I tried to install PE on a laptop, unsuccessfuly. It freezes during boot, on the second icon. Does anybody know what's wrong?
Name: M.I.K.e Date: October 15, 2001 at 02:22:30 Pacific
Reply:
BeOS wasn't really designed with laptops in mind, and there isn't much support for the typical laptop chipsets. It could be that BeOS doesn't agree with the hardware or the BIOS (which is often non-standard as well) of your laptop.
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Response Number 2
Name: Antonski Date: October 15, 2001 at 10:45:37 Pacific
Reply:
OK, I just was interesting in what the second icon shows up - problems with hardware maybe?
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Response Number 3
Name: M.I.K.e Date: October 16, 2001 at 02:03:31 Pacific
Reply:
I've already added a link to a tip explaining the boot icons in the last posting: http://www.betips.net/chunga.php?ID=425
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Response Number 4
Name: Antonski Date: October 16, 2001 at 08:28:07 Pacific
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