Re: Debian 2.[01] -- Only rudimentary support for Laptops?
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
: Hi,
:
: > I have an IBM ThinkPad 380XD. I have found that 2.0.x kernels just don't
: > work properly, my machine will crash or shutdown during boot. I believe that
: > the best thing that can be done to support laptops is to create boot disks
: > with 2.1.125 kernels. 2.1.125 works well on my laptop in every way and has
: > fixed the problems with RAM disks that older 2.1.x kernels had.
: >
:
: Sorry to jump into discussion... Well, I ABSOLUTELYU agree with Russel. I
: also installed linux on IBM ThinkPad 380XD. It's my 6-th Debian installation
: around and definitly the most embarrasing one. I DO agree that ThinkPad 380XD
: is quite new piece of hardware, and don't want to blame anyone or anything,
: but perhaps we may pay closer attention to Laptop instalation problems.
:
: 1. Official booting disketes - DOES NOT work (tecra also!)
: 2. Official kernel 2.0.34 - DOES NOT work (constant reboot)
I've got a 380Z - a zImage kernel worked for me. Of course, there is no
official zImage rescue disk :/
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