Laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L-350.
I was given this laptop without a hard disk drive but with a 2 gig memory stick.
I had a hard disk drive which I put into it, and it must have had Windows on it because the laptop tried to read the disk drive but reported problems, no real surprise there.
I had the idea of installing Linux on it, and put a Linux CD in it, but it wouldn't read it (I changed the bios settings to read the DVD drive first.)
I even tried a diagnostic disk in it, but it still wouldn't read it.
I get a more or less continuous bleep when it hits a problem.
One thing I haven't tried is to put a USB with Linux on it, and see if it reads this.
I thought that the memory could be the problem, but I took it out and tried to start it without any memory, still no good.
Any tips appreciated.
I was given this laptop without a hard disk drive but with a 2 gig memory stick.
I had a hard disk drive which I put into it, and it must have had Windows on it because the laptop tried to read the disk drive but reported problems, no real surprise there.
I had the idea of installing Linux on it, and put a Linux CD in it, but it wouldn't read it (I changed the bios settings to read the DVD drive first.)
I even tried a diagnostic disk in it, but it still wouldn't read it.
I get a more or less continuous bleep when it hits a problem.
One thing I haven't tried is to put a USB with Linux on it, and see if it reads this.
I thought that the memory could be the problem, but I took it out and tried to start it without any memory, still no good.
Any tips appreciated.