model: HP Pavilion zt1201s(model id: 2099)
subtype (notebook, netbook, motherboard, tablet):
notebook
does it have a free boot firmware (BIOS,UEFI,...) ?
no
can free operating systems be installed?
no (see the details inside the description entry)
does the device prevent installing wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
not-specified
year of commercialization:
2003
compatibility with free software:
E-garbage 
tested on:
Parabola GNU/Linux
tested with the following kernel libre:
video card model:
(not specified how it works)
wifi model:
(not specified how it works)
webcam model:
(not specified how it works)
Description:
Refuses to boot multiple GNU/Linux distributions and ReactOS from CD-ROM which is its only boot source. Some don't pass the bootloader stage due to an image corruption error, for ReactOS it says that one library is corrupted, but most of the time it simply restarts instead of booting even though all the CDs were burned correctly and are fully functional on a different computer. The BIOS has no settings for the CD drive, so there's nothing left to do.
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