Debian on an older laptop

1999-10-18 Thread Matthew Guenther
Hi, I have an friend who wants to ditch windows and put linux on his laptop. I already have Debian installed on my Dell and it works fine, however I'm not sure if it's possible to install on his computer (Zenith Z-Note L425). The biggest problem is that he is without a CD drive, and only has a v

Debian on an older laptop

1999-10-18 Thread Matthew Guenther
Hi, I have an friend who wants to ditch windows and put linux on his laptop. I already have Debian installed on my Dell and it works fine, however I'm not sure if it's possible to install on his computer (Zenith Z-Note L425). The biggest problem is that he is without a CD drive, and only has a v

Thinkpad 560 - APM troubles

1999-10-18 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I've been running the debian distribution for over a month now, and have no luck at all getting APM to work 100% on my IBM Thinkpad 560. I am aware of all of the CONFIG parameters. I am running the 2.0.36 kernel. I believe I can suspend/resume once OK on AC, but it will not suspend (can't

Thinkpad 560 - APM troubles

1999-10-18 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I've been running the debian distribution for over a month now, and have no luck at all getting APM to work 100% on my IBM Thinkpad 560. I am aware of all of the CONFIG parameters. I am running the 2.0.36 kernel. I believe I can suspend/resume once OK on AC, but it will not suspend (can

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-10-18 Thread Goswin Brederlow
David Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed > the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot > the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my > debian boot floppy doesn't w

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-10-18 Thread Goswin Brederlow
David Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed > the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot > the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my > debian boot floppy doesn't w

another newbie

1999-10-18 Thread sunshine_wonder
Hi. I've been reading about Linux for a while now and was thinking about putting it on my ancient laptop. It's not my main pc, but it's a good traveler and I'd like to get a few more miles out of it. It's a Compaq Lite Lte 20, a 386sx 20mhz with 10 megs of ram, and a 600 meg hard drive. I'm runnin

another newbie

1999-10-18 Thread sunshine_wonder
Hi. I've been reading about Linux for a while now and was thinking about putting it on my ancient laptop. It's not my main pc, but it's a good traveler and I'd like to get a few more miles out of it. It's a Compaq Lite Lte 20, a 386sx 20mhz with 10 megs of ram, and a 600 meg hard drive. I'm runnin

Re: Trouble booting debian on IBM 365XD?

1999-10-18 Thread Bill Leach
Did (does) the installation floppy (resc1440.bin or whatever) booth the machine? If so, at the initial "boot:" prompt type "rescue root=/dev/hda1". See help (ALT-F1) about boot methods. That should boot your "normal" system except that the kernel itself is read off of the "rescue floppy". As roo

Re: Trouble booting debian on IBM 365XD?

1999-10-18 Thread Bill Leach
Did (does) the installation floppy (resc1440.bin or whatever) booth the machine? If so, at the initial "boot:" prompt type "rescue root=/dev/hda1". See help (ALT-F1) about boot methods. That should boot your "normal" system except that the kernel itself is read off of the "rescue floppy". As roo

Trouble booting debian on IBM 365XD?

1999-10-18 Thread David Goodyear
First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my debian boot floppy doesn't work either (maybe because of the external floppy?).

Trouble booting debian on IBM 365XD?

1999-10-18 Thread David Goodyear
First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my debian boot floppy doesn't work either (maybe because of the external floppy?).

IBM 365XD won't boot

1999-10-18 Thread Bill Leach
David; I don't know anything about your machine but that isn't one of the "Thinkpad" IBMs is it? In absence of specific knowledge I would suggest that you look at the "Tecra" disks. Also I note that there are some note about Thinkpads (some sort of boot command line option required). I don't k

IBM 365XD won't boot

1999-10-18 Thread Bill Leach
David; I don't know anything about your machine but that isn't one of the "Thinkpad" IBMs is it? In absence of specific knowledge I would suggest that you look at the "Tecra" disks. Also I note that there are some note about Thinkpads (some sort of boot command line option required). I don't k

Unidentified subject!

1999-10-18 Thread David Goodyear
First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my debian boot floppy doesn't work either (maybe because of the external floppy?).

Unidentified subject!

1999-10-18 Thread David Goodyear
First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my debian boot floppy doesn't work either (maybe because of the external floppy?).

apm [Was: Re: Sony F340 sucess!]

1999-10-18 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No questions for now. But I am sure I will have some as I get more into > it. Specifically I see questions comming concerning APM/ACPI. I have a problem with the apm support, it detects fine when I plug in the power or remove it, but the batery is all

apm [Was: Re: Sony F340 sucess!]

1999-10-18 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No questions for now. But I am sure I will have some as I get more into > it. Specifically I see questions comming concerning APM/ACPI. I have a problem with the apm support, it detects fine when I plug in the power or remove it, but the batery is all