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Re: Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?



On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:12:04PM -0700, Meistro Master wrote:
> What's weird is that the keyboard works fine initially, because I can
> select the boot parameters and so forth. I am using the installer from

The boot prompt uses bios calls, the language selector uses the linux
kernel interface to the hardware.  Different interface -> different
behaviour. :)

> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-binary-1.iso
> 
> I do have two SATA hard drives; perhaps I need a newer boot kernel?
> Reading through the list archives it sounds like people have had some
> issues with SATA pre-2.6.12.
> 
> Are there snapshots in .ISO form? Thanks for your help, Len!

Well from what I read today, the current snapshots aren't building for
some reason, and there have been some trouble with the new 2.6.12
kernels partially due to a name change.

Feel free to try my unofficial sarge image with 2.6.12 though.

http://www.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/

Len Sorensen



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