I recently built the linux kernel, and ran across in the "General Setup"
options the entry for 'MCA support', which apparently is a bus system similar
to PCI or ISA, found only in some IBM PS/2 and laptop machines. I am wondering
if your laptop belongs to this set of machines - if so, it would cert
Does the kernel at least report on the terminal what it is doing ? If so what
are the last things it says ?
To my mind, there might be some kernel modules that need to be loaded for the
boot to continue - but even in these situations, usually the booting just
hangs, and doesn't restart over and ov
I have installed Linux on a different computer several different times, but I
just
can't seem to get past the initial loading of the kernel at the very begining.
As
I said earlier, my ThinkPad reboots itself when it tries to load the Kernel.
Then
it repeats the process over and over again. I
Try looking at comments that people have made on the following URL - it is one
of the best central stores of knowledge in getting linux to run on laptops:
http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html
Have you installed debian on other pcs, so you are familiar with the general
Debian installation pro
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:21:30AM -0500, Ignacio Garcia wrote:
> I have tried installing Linux on my ThinkPad 385 XD, but it hasn't
> worked. When I first tried to install it, I got a message tha said A20
> gating failed. So I changed the boot-up disk that I was using, and now
> it goes through
I have tried installing Linux on my ThinkPad 385 XD, but it hasn't
worked. When I first tried to install it, I got a message tha said A20
gating failed. So I changed the boot-up disk that I was using, and now
it goes through the initial motions of loading the kernel, then it
restarts my computer.
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