Try looking at comments that people have made on the following URL - it is one of the best central stores of knowledge in getting linux to run on laptops:
http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html Have you installed debian on other pcs, so you are familiar with the general Debian installation process ? Thanks ! Geoff Brimhall On 01-Dec-00 Ignacio Garcia wrote: > I have tried installing Linux on my ThinkPad 385 XD, but it hasn't > worked. When I first tried to install it, I got a message tha said A20 > gating failed. So I changed the boot-up disk that I was using, and now > it goes through the initial motions of loading the kernel, then it > restarts my computer. Any help would be appreciated. > > Cheers > > -- > Ignacio Garcia-Nicoletti > Network Administrator > Grenville Christian College > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- Status quo is, well, boring ! ----------------------------------