Re: Debian 2.[01] -- Only rudimentary support for Laptops?
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 02:49:19PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> 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 :/
Hmm, I'm going to have to add a negative data point here. Debian
installed almost perfectly on my laptop (a Gateway 2300SE) right off of a
CD. I did have to recompile the kernel for APM stuff and pcmcia
utilities, which was exceedingly painless (for me, that is, YMMV). I also
had to get and install the NeoMagic X Server manually, but this was before
a package for it existed.
Therefore, I don't think this is laptop installation problems in
general. I think that this may be specific to some laptops, but not all.
-Seth
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