Re: lilo boots only from floppy disk

2002-05-23 Thread Frédéric Bothamy
On Thu, 23 May 2002 18:29:45 +0100 "Boris Duerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am having the problem suddenly that lilo wouldn't boot from MBR anymore, > but only from floppy. I get the error message "No operating system found". I > didn't get any errors when I re/installed lilo and so

Re: Which Desktop replacement.

2002-05-23 Thread Alex Lau
Just from my personal experience, price will be a little bit more important, I get my 800c second hand for $750 6 months ago... it was super low and everything work, with 3 times higher price I can get a little better laptop with a little more speed. but for sure not 3 times and with che

Re: Which Desktop replacement.

2002-05-23 Thread Alex Lau
Along the same line I'm using LATITUDE 800c, great laptop, 1400x1200, wireless, ethernet, irda, sound, cdrw, dvd, ( acpi still not working right but sleep work ) I will get the newer version that support up the 1GB of memory. My only up to 512, but I can still run Netbeans ( memory hog ) oracle

Re: lilo boots only from floppy disk

2002-05-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 23 May 2002 19:29, Boris Duerner wrote: > I am having the problem suddenly that lilo wouldn't boot from MBR anymore, > but only from floppy. I get the error message "No operating system found". > I didn't get any errors when I re/installed lilo and so checked lilo that > actually gets insta

Re: thinkpad-modules

2002-05-23 Thread Glen Mehn
or, you could: make-kpkg modules_image from the kernel source directory (you'll need to have the kernel source downloaded) and you'll need the tpctl modules source installed. glen On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 09:46:54AM -0700, Alex Bernson wrote: > I believe this will work: > Get the kernel

RE: inspiron 7500 & power down pblm

2002-05-23 Thread Kozikowski, Mark
Check that you do not have SMP (multi-processing) set in the kernel config. If you do, the system will not power down on its own. mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:10 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: ins

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 23 May 2002 14:55, William Reece wrote: > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80 > Added Linux * > Added LinuxOLD > Added win > Syntax error at or above line 136 in file /etc/lilo.conf The file is 135 lines long, so ther

lilo boots only from floppy disk

2002-05-23 Thread Boris Duerner
Hi, I am having the problem suddenly that lilo wouldn't boot from MBR anymore, but only from floppy. I get the error message "No operating system found". I didn't get any errors when I re/installed lilo and so checked lilo that actually gets installed in the mbr: # lilo Added Linux * Added Lin

Re: Fujitsu

2002-05-23 Thread Nick E M
Shawn Yes, I really don't see why the UK should be left out. Surely by excluding certain countries, major companies such as Fujitsu and Sony must really loose alot of business each year. I bet executive decisions like that cost alot of jobs. However, it isn't impossible to buy these cool notebook

Re: thinkpad-modules

2002-05-23 Thread Alex Bernson
I believe this will work: Get the kernel source, install the kernel modules and then just type: make dep modules modules_install I believe that that should work. Also if you have a precompiled module you can just insmod the module On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 08:27, Ross Burton wrote: > Is it pos

What Modules to use for IBM NIC

2002-05-23 Thread Winston
I have an old IBM 365X laptop with PCMCIA card from IBM. The card ( EtherJet Ethernet PC Card ) comes with the laptop and I'm not sure about what model it is but the IBM part number is 72H4041 and IBM's FCC ID is AN072H4533. Anyone got it working under Debian stable?? And if so, what module shou

Re: lilo boots only from floppy disk

2002-05-23 Thread Frédéric Bothamy
On Thu, 23 May 2002 18:29:45 +0100 "Boris Duerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am having the problem suddenly that lilo wouldn't boot from MBR anymore, > but only from floppy. I get the error message "No operating system found". I > didn't get any errors when I re/installed lilo and so

Re: Which Desktop replacement.

2002-05-23 Thread Alex Lau
Just from my personal experience, price will be a little bit more important, I get my 800c second hand for $750 6 months ago... it was super low and everything work, with 3 times higher price I can get a little better laptop with a little more speed. but for sure not 3 times and with ch

Re: Which Desktop replacement.

2002-05-23 Thread Alex Lau
Along the same line I'm using LATITUDE 800c, great laptop, 1400x1200, wireless, ethernet, irda, sound, cdrw, dvd, ( acpi still not working right but sleep work ) I will get the newer version that support up the 1GB of memory. My only up to 512, but I can still run Netbeans ( memory hog ) oracle

Re: lilo boots only from floppy disk

2002-05-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 23 May 2002 19:29, Boris Duerner wrote: > I am having the problem suddenly that lilo wouldn't boot from MBR anymore, > but only from floppy. I get the error message "No operating system found". > I didn't get any errors when I re/installed lilo and so checked lilo that > actually gets inst

thinkpad-modules

2002-05-23 Thread Ross Burton
Is it possible to build thinkpad-module from thinkpad-source without using kernel-package? I am using a stock Debian kernel on my laptop and don't want to build a complete kernel just to build a small module. Is there a magic command I can type to build a kernel module based on the kernel-headers

Re: thinkpad-modules

2002-05-23 Thread Glen Mehn
or, you could: make-kpkg modules_image from the kernel source directory (you'll need to have the kernel source downloaded) and you'll need the tpctl modules source installed. glen On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 09:46:54AM -0700, Alex Bernson wrote: > I believe this will work: > Get the kernel

sorry for the repost ... read it before answering to the first one thks.

2002-05-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: inspiron 7500 & power down pblm

2002-05-23 Thread Kozikowski, Mark
Check that you do not have SMP (multi-processing) set in the kernel config. If you do, the system will not power down on its own. mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: inspiron 7500

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 23 May 2002 14:55, William Reece wrote: > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80 > Added Linux * > Added LinuxOLD > Added win > Syntax error at or above line 136 in file /etc/lilo.conf The file is 135 lines long, so the

lilo boots only from floppy disk

2002-05-23 Thread Boris Duerner
Hi, I am having the problem suddenly that lilo wouldn't boot from MBR anymore, but only from floppy. I get the error message "No operating system found". I didn't get any errors when I re/installed lilo and so checked lilo that actually gets installed in the mbr: # lilo Added Linux * Added Li

Re: Fujitsu

2002-05-23 Thread Nick E M
Shawn Yes, I really don't see why the UK should be left out. Surely by excluding certain countries, major companies such as Fujitsu and Sony must really loose alot of business each year. I bet executive decisions like that cost alot of jobs. However, it isn't impossible to buy these cool notebook

inspiron 7500 & power down pblm

2002-05-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi i have an inspiron 7500, i'm running a woody on it with a 2.4.18 kernel. i have a pblm for powering off the puter ... when i type 'poweroff' in the tty* the system enter in init 0 level ... display all teh daemon which are stopped and the last line i got is : 'Power down.' the laptop won'

Re: thinkpad-modules

2002-05-23 Thread Alex Bernson
I believe this will work: Get the kernel source, install the kernel modules and then just type: make dep modules modules_install I believe that that should work. Also if you have a precompiled module you can just insmod the module On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 08:27, Ross Burton wrote: > Is it po

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "William Reece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks guys. It was the table bit in the windows entry causing problems. I > just updated to kernel 2.4.18 without any problems. Now to get dri > working > Might be able to help there, too. I don't know what sort of graphics card you have, but try

What Modules to use for IBM NIC

2002-05-23 Thread Winston
I have an old IBM 365X laptop with PCMCIA card from IBM. The card ( EtherJet Ethernet PC Card ) comes with the laptop and I'm not sure about what model it is but the IBM part number is 72H4041 and IBM's FCC ID is AN072H4533. Anyone got it working under Debian stable?? And if so, what module sho

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread William Reece
Thanks guys. It was the table bit in the windows entry causing problems. I just updated to kernel 2.4.18 without any problems. Now to get dri working Anyway, thanks for the help, I appreciate it. Will On Thursday 23 May 2002 1:55 pm, William Reece wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have just

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "William Reece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80 That's just a warning. Doesn't appear serious... (famous last words!) > Added Linux * > Added LinuxOLD > Added win > Syntax error at or above

thinkpad-modules

2002-05-23 Thread Ross Burton
Is it possible to build thinkpad-module from thinkpad-source without using kernel-package? I am using a stock Debian kernel on my laptop and don't want to build a complete kernel just to build a small module. Is there a magic command I can type to build a kernel module based on the kernel-header

sorry for the repost ... read it before answering to the first one thks.

2002-05-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sorry for the repost .. but my email will go down for a week cause of server maintenance .. could u please answer (or CC:) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thks a lot and sorry for this double msg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

inspiron 7500 & power down pblm

2002-05-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi i have an inspiron 7500, i'm running a woody on it with a 2.4.18 kernel. i have a pblm for powering off the puter ... when i type 'poweroff' in the tty* the system enter in init 0 level ... display all teh daemon which are stopped and the last line i got is : 'Power down.' the laptop won

problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread William Reece
Hi everyone, I have just installed woody on my laptop (Asus 1200, sis630 etc). The installation was fine, but now I am trying to get back access to my win98 partition. I edited lilo.conf and added an entry for windows, then run lilo. Sadly I get: Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "William Reece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks guys. It was the table bit in the windows entry causing problems. I > just updated to kernel 2.4.18 without any problems. Now to get dri > working > Might be able to help there, too. I don't know what sort of graphics card you have, but tr

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread William Reece
Thanks guys. It was the table bit in the windows entry causing problems. I just updated to kernel 2.4.18 without any problems. Now to get dri working Anyway, thanks for the help, I appreciate it. Will On Thursday 23 May 2002 1:55 pm, William Reece wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have just

Re: problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "William Reece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80 That's just a warning. Doesn't appear serious... (famous last words!) > Added Linux * > Added LinuxOLD > Added win > Syntax error at or above

problems with lilo on a Asus A1200.

2002-05-23 Thread William Reece
Hi everyone, I have just installed woody on my laptop (Asus 1200, sis630 etc). The installation was fine, but now I am trying to get back access to my win98 partition. I edited lilo.conf and added an entry for windows, then run lilo. Sadly I get: Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x4

Re: Dlink DWL650 half working, link-Down when heavy loaded

2002-05-23 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Jack | > I have a pair of 650's and a dlink ap1000 access point. I use the | > linux-wlan-ng drivers (currently I'm using 0.1.14pre2). I'm happy with | > the performance and only have issues when my signal strength is very | > very low. (won't come back after getting closer to the ap, I have

Re: Which Desktop replacement.

2002-05-23 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Vivek | On Tue, 21 May 2002, Derek Broughton wrote: | | > No flames from me. That pretty much sums it up - price | > vs. quality. Not a big difference either way, but Dell IS | > renowned for bad BIOSes. What's the status of IBM support for | > Linux in the retail market, these days? Dell