Hi, On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:52:42 +0100 Hamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 15 April 2007 07:37, Dale wrote: > > Norberto Bensa wrote: > > > Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > >> On 4/15/07, Norberto Bensa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Not true. 2006.1 doesn't boot on my hardware. > > > > > > ... > > > > > >>> We (I) need 2007.0 ASAP. > > >> > > >> Just get any old version (that works), > > > > > > That's the point. None works. The media needs kernel 2.6.18 or > > > better. > > > > > > I can use Knoppix or Ubuntu, but that's not the point. > > > > Maybe some are not understanding the point he is making. If I > > understand correctly, he needs a newer release so that when he > > boots the CD to do a install, it will see his hardware. It would > > appear that the > > The same thing happens on my laptop as well (Thinkpad Z61m, > core2Duo). The Gentoo boot disks just don't have the drivers. I had > to boot a Knoppix disk, install that, then do gentoo as a chroot... > Which was a REAL nightmare because the knoppix was 32bit & I wanted a > 64-bit install (It took messing around with a kernel from a ~amd64 > desktop manually copied over as well before I could get gentoo > installed correctly). > > H Don't want to seem i recommend it, but you can try the Sabayon-miniCD for a new install. Don't know how actual the kernel/userspace are but in all cases newer then 2006.1. It's a Gentoo-based (slightly modified) distro. A good thing is it updates it's install-CDs quite often. HTH. Rumen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
