Bug#229717: Debian Installer Beta2 Fails Pre-Installation: IBM R40e Laptop

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

reassign 229717 kernel
retitle 229717 2.4 locks up solid but 2.6 works
thanks

* Anand Vaidya <anand@novaglobal.com.sg> [2004-05-05 19:41]:
> > > Language selection. Select En-US and hit return. The machine locks up
> > > solid. I need to pull powercord/battery to restart. Have tried with
> > > different ACPI flags, boot-kbd flags. No use. On the same laptop, I
> > > managed to install MEPIS, Knoppix etc (all based on Debian)
> >
> > Ah, this is pretty bad.  Can you please try the new beta4 release and
> > see if that works?
> I tried Beta4. Same problem with kernel 2.4 (default) With and without acpi 
> doesnot make any difference.
> 
> But booting with "linux26" , I am able to proceed on my R40E laptop. No 
> problems.

Do MEPIS and Knoppis use 2.4 kernels?
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Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com