Re: Can't install

[medberry <david.medberry@hp.com>]

VETSEL Patrice wrote:

> Alex Perry a écrit :
>
> > I don't see enough information on the web page to know what's really 
> > in the box.  Based on what I saw, it could be the same motherboard 
> > chipset as the e-machines and therefore suffer from all the same 
> > problems.  With that possibly being the case, try booting with
> > (1) acpi=off     { because the linux support or the BIOS code may be 
> > wrong }
> > (2) noapm  { notoriously broken in modern BIOS }
> > (3) pci=noacpi  { many laptops have incorrect PCI data in the ACPI }
> >
> > Kernels prior to 2.6.7 do not have workarounds for many of those 
> > problems.  I recommend trying a 2.6.7 kernel (any distribution).
> > The recent DFS CDROMs will install Debian Sid cleanly into 64 bit 
> > (see my recent message in the archive) on the e-machines laptops.
> >
> > VETSEL Patrice wrote:
> >
> > > I'v this notebook -> 
> > > http://forum.hardware.fr/hardwarefr/MiniPCPortablesPDA/sujet-1459-1.htm
> > > I'v tried a lot of distributions for amd64 (the last 
> > > debiansid64,fedora,mandrake,gentoo,except Suse). And all the distro 
> > > freeze at the beginning, all but Gentoo only with the "special" 
> > > kernel "emachine". It seem's to be a 2.6.3 kernel.
> > >
> > > Do you know this problem with the kernel ?
> > > Please i want to put a Sid64 on my notebook :)
> > > Can you resolve this problem ?
> > >
> > >
> > >  
>
>
> I'v tried :
> acpi=off
> noapm
> pci=noacpi
> noapic
> nolapic
> debian-installer/framebuffer=false
>
> One by one and all together, but the system "freeze" at the first 
> screen (country selection) for all my tests.
>
> There is a via chipset. May be on this page 
> http://www.muru.com/linux/amd64/ there is a patch for the kernel (my 
> english is so poor ;) )
Make sure you boot with a USB Keyboard (during install).  That will 
probably get you through the country selection.