On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 02:40:38PM -0500, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > Hi, > > > I have an IBM ThinkPad 380XD. I have found that 2.0.x kernels just don't > > work properly, my machine will crash or shutdown during boot. I believe > > that > > the best thing that can be done to support laptops is to create boot disks > > with 2.1.125 kernels. 2.1.125 works well on my laptop in every way and has > > fixed the problems with RAM disks that older 2.1.x kernels had. > > > > Sorry to jump into discussion... Well, I ABSOLUTELYU agree with Russel. I > also installed linux on IBM ThinkPad 380XD. It's my 6-th Debian installation > around and definitly the most embarrasing one. I DO agree that ThinkPad > 380XD > is quite new piece of hardware, and don't want to blame anyone or anything, > but perhaps we may pay closer attention to Laptop instalation problems. > > 1. Official booting disketes - DOES NOT work (tecra also!) > 2. Official kernel 2.0.34 - DOES NOT work (constant reboot) > > The only thing that work was loadlin thru Win95 :(
To identify the bug (and try to fix it) a little bit of info is needed. At which step is the system crashing? Before displaying the "boot:" prompt? Before displaying the "Color or Monochrome" dialog? Elsewhere? It looks like a kernel-related problem, and not one that applies to any laptop model. -- Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
