On Tuesday 04 May 2004 09:18, Jan Koch wrote: > Hello, > last week i bought this notebook (from Mediamarkt) and wanted experience > linux the first time. Because i want to understand linux i wanted to > choose debian. But i have a critical problem. I can't start the > installation. :( The cd and even dvd (Book: Debian GNU/Linux Peter Ganten) > are booting and i can choose which kernel i would like to install. I type > bf24 and the install seems to start, but not very well. Usually u see Tux > after a few seconds on a new scrren (i tested this with my internet pc) > but my laptops screen stays black. Anyone knows what i can do? Other > distribution work without a problem (e.g. fedora, knoppix). > Hope you can help me. > > MfG Jan Koch If you have knoppix working, then there is a procedure for installing to hard disk from the CD. Knoppix is based on Debian, so after you have installed knoppix you can then use apt-get to upgrade to current testing or unstable (going backwards to stable prbably won't work). Knoppix is build of a mixture of testing, unstable and some uniques.
Your problem may be related to one I had with a Clevo 410E, where it would install with a 2.2 kernel, but not a 2.4 kernel (at the time there were no distros with a 2.6 kernel). This was due to the flavour of Pentium IV and support chips which 2.2 did not recognise, so it worked (but obviously things like USB - in particular USB2 did not) after a fashion. 2.4 knew enough about the chips to make a mess, and hung before the boot console log started to appear on screen. So what I did in the end was to install 2.2 and then install a 2.6 kernel on top of that. David
