On 27-Sep-99 Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 27 Sep, lib wrote about "Installing on lap top" >> I am trying to install Debian 2.1 using a rescue disk on a Toshiba >> Satellite >> Pro 440 laptop. I made the rescue disk with RAWRITE2.EXE. After the >> boot >> messages with all the dots (.......), the system shuts down. The >> system >> previously ran Windows 95 with some boot loader that let me specify a >> hardware >> configuration. Maybe that has something to do with it? >> > > FYI, there is a debian-laptop mailing list that might be able to > provide better help for laptop specific problems. > > I am not speaking from experience but have you tried the > rescue1440tecra images? If I recall the Toshiba's and IBM's seem to > suffer from a problem described in the README.tecra file that is in the > disk directory on the archive.
I used the Tecra disk and that was how I got Debian installed. A regular rescue disk causes the laptop to reboot and reboot and ..... -- Andrew
