someone, (I forget who) asked for a complete log of what I did and
results I got
boot up on CD-ROM, see the welcome message
type bf 24
see the system install
choose English language
configure keyboard, US English (qwerty)
initialize and activate a swap partition
choose no bad block scan
initiali
someone, (I forget who) asked for a complete log of what I did and
results I got
boot up on CD-ROM, see the welcome message
type bf 24
see the system install
choose English language
configure keyboard, US English (qwerty)
initialize and activate a swap partition
choose no bad block scan
initializ
Slaven Peles explained:
This is weired. After install did you do dpkg -l? If so, what X packages did
you have installed? Also, when you did a 5th install, did you "initialize"
partition where you installed debian first?
know. I didn't know to. Yes, did initialize the partition using reiser
Slaven Peles explained:
This is weired. After install did you do dpkg -l? If so, what X packages did
you have installed? Also, when you did a 5th install, did you "initialize"
partition where you installed debian first?
know. I didn't know to. Yes, did initialize the partition using reiserfs.
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> Trying to install Debian on my inspiron 5000. four attempts, four
failures.
now 5th failure.
bf24 install
took most debs from CD with balance from main Debian mirror and security
tasksel had no X11 option, selected desktop and laptop
failed at:
shutting d
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> Trying to install Debian on my inspiron 5000. four attempts, four
failures.
now 5th failure.
bf24 install
took most debs from CD with balance from main Debian mirror and security
tasksel had no X11 option, selected desktop and laptop
failed at:
shutting down PCM
this might not be appropriate for this list but...
Trying to install Debian on my inspiron 5000. four attempts, four failures.
built a copy of cd1 using the jigdo process. seems to boot OK
1: bf24 install: kind of works. After selecting laptop and a couple of other
tasks, network install se
this might not be appropriate for this list but...
Trying to install Debian on my inspiron 5000. four attempts, four failures.
built a copy of cd1 using the jigdo process. seems to boot OK
1: bf24 install: kind of works. After selecting laptop and a couple of other
tasks, network install see
Jim Richardson wrote:
Why steer clear of Dell? I have been quite happy with my Inspiron 8100.
I'm of the same mind. I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 5000 for
hardware support. Software support can't fog a mirror but other than
that they're OK.
Personally, I will not purchase any lapto
Jim Richardson wrote:
Why steer clear of Dell? I have been quite happy with my Inspiron 8100.
I'm of the same mind. I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 5000 for
hardware support. Software support can't fog a mirror but other than
that they're OK.
Personally, I will not purchase any laptop
Douglas G.Phillips wrote:
I got this problem with this card when the card/laptop got too hot. It's
a problem with the card not working properly when overheated.
I wish it was that simple. The card is running at normal temperature
and it will still lock up.
Good Luck! :) I've got a custom
I am recycling an old laptop (Chembook 9780) for a variety of "quietly
sit in the corner and compute" tasks. Unfortunately I am running into a
few problems.
For what it's worth, I've used Red Hat for a long time and switched to
Debian because it would boot on this laptop. Much to my delight,
Douglas G.Phillips wrote:
> I got this problem with this card when the card/laptop got too hot. It's
> a problem with the card not working properly when overheated.
I wish it was that simple. The card is running at normal temperature
and it will still lock up.
> Good Luck! :) I've got a custo
I am recycling an old laptop (Chembook 9780) for a variety of "quietly
sit in the corner and compute" tasks. Unfortunately I am running into a
few problems.
For what it's worth, I've used Red Hat for a long time and switched to
Debian because it would boot on this laptop. Much to my delight,
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