im trying to use bf24 or the 2.2 kernel on the disc On 11 Aug 2003, Martin List-Petersen wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 20:37, Kit Stube wrote: > > Hi, i am trying to help a friend install debian on his dell inspiron 8000 > > laptop and the machiene will hard lock when trying to format the partition > > (or create them) > > > > i've installed debian on a few dozen computers before and 3.0r1 has always > > worked for me in the past (usually this exact disc) so i am uncertian as > > to what to do. it seems like (on linuxlaptops.net at least) that > > installing linux on one of these is fairly straitforward (and since it > > currently has redhat on it i know it can be done) so does anyone have any > > thoughts as to what is going on here that would cause this hard lock? > > > > thanks for your time > > Sounds weird .. what kernel are you booting from ? > > Regards, > Martin List-Petersen > martin at list-petersen dot dk > -- > When man calls an animal "vicious", he usually means that it will > attempt to defend itself when he tries to kill it. >
